If Prakriti were the agent, then there would be the inversion of the power of enjoyment attributed to the soul, and that power of enjoyment would belong to Prakriti. — 254.

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śaktiviparyayāt ..2.3.36..

… Shakti, power, … Viparyayat, on account of difference or inversion.

36. If Prakriti were the agent, then there would be the inversion of the power of enjoyment attributed to the soul, and that power of enjoyment would belong to Prakriti. — 254.

COMMENTARY

If Prakriti were the agent and not the soul, then the power of enjoyment which is attributed to the soul, must be attributed to Prakriti, for enjoyment always is experienced by the agent, and not by a third person. There is no such vicarious punishment or reward. If a man does an act, he experiences its result, and not a third party. If Prakriti be the agent, there is no reason why the soul should be the enjoyer. In the Shvetashvatara Upanishad (I., 8) the existence of the soul is established, because it enjoys the fruit of its action. If the soul were not the agent, that argument also will be invalid. For this reason also soul is the agent, for vicarious suffering or enjoyment is unreasonable.

SUTRA II. 3. 37.

समाध्यभावाछ॥२.३.३७॥

samādhyabhāvācha ..2.3.37..

... Samadhi-abhavat, on account of the absence of Samadhi. … Cha, and.

37. If Prakriti wore the agent, then there would be the absence of Samadhi also. — 255.

COMMENTARY

The theory that Prakriti is the agent is open to this objection also, that under it Samadhi itself becomes impossible; and consequently there can be no release, because Samadhi is the instrument of release. Now Samadhi consists in the realisation of the idea «I am separate from Prakriti». If Prakriti were the agent, then Prakriti would have to formulate this notion, «I am separate from Prakriti», which would mean «I am separate from myself». Now Prakriti cannot formulate any such notion, because it is non-intelligent; and because the idea itself of being separate from one’s own-self is an impossible notion. Even the extremists who would attribute no activity to the soul are forced to admit its activity so far as Mukti is concerned. They admit that it is the soul which by its effort of Samadhi realises its difference from Prakriti and thus gets Mukti. But if the soul were absolutely inactive this effort of realising Samadhi would be impossible for it. Hence it follows that the soul alone is the agent.

Adhikarana XV — Activity is an essential attribute of the soul,

though it may not be always actually active

Now the author shows by an illustration, that the soul is active .by its inherent power, as well as by employing instruments.

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