Advaita Sāṃkhya Sūtras

Chapter 3: Śūnyavādasatkāryavādādhyāyaḥ

“The Doctrines of Nonexistence and Preexistence”

3.1

शून्यवाद इति निर्गुणब्रह्म शून्यमूलम् ॥ ३.१ ॥
śūnyavāda iti nirguṇabrahma śūnyamūlam ‖ 3.1 ‖

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śūnyavādaḥ: doctrine of nonexistence; iti: according to; nirguṇa-brahma: unqualified + source; śūnya-mūlam: empty + origin

“The doctrine of nonexistence states that the unqualified source is the empty origin.”

3.2

मूलं कार्यकारणम् ॥ ३.२ ॥
mūlaṃ kāryakāraṇam ‖ 3.2 ‖

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mūlam: origin; kāryakāraṇam: final cause

“The origin is the final cause.”

3.3

सत्कार्यवाद इति मूले बीजानि बीजेषु कार्याणि ॥ ३.३ ॥
satkāryavāda iti mūle bījāni bījeṣu kāryāṇi ‖ 3.3 ‖

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satkāryavādaḥ: doctrine of preexistence; iti: according to; mūle: in origin; bījāni: seeds; bījeṣu: in seeds; kāryāṇi: effects

“The doctrine of preexistence states that effects preexist as seeds in the origin.”

3.4

मूलं निर्बीजासद् बीजानि निर्विकल्पाव्यक्तसदसत् कार्याणि सविकल्पव्यक्तसत् ॥ ३.४ ॥
mūlaṃ nirbījāsad bījāni nirvikalpāvyaktasadasat kāryāṇi savikalpavyaktasat ‖ 3.4 ‖

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mūlam: origin; nirbīja-asat: seedless + nonexistence; bījāni: seeds; nirvikalpa-avyakta-sadasat: undifferentiated + unmanifest + potential existence; kāryāṇi: effects; savikalpa-vyakta-sat: differentiated + manifest + existence

“The origin is seedless nonexistence; the seeds are undifferentiated, unmanifest potential existence; the effects are differentiated, manifest existence.”

3.5

मूलं पारमार्थिकसत्यं बीजानि प्राधानिकसत्यं कार्याणि व्यावहारिकसत्यम् ॥ ३.५ ॥
mūlaṃ pāramārthikasatyaṃ bījāni prādhānikasatyaṃ kāryāṇi vyāvahārikasatyam ‖ 3.5 ‖

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mūlam: origin; pāramārthika-satyam: absolute + reality; bījāni: seeds; prādhānika-satyam: primary + reality; kāryāṇi: effects; vyāvahārika-satyam: transactional + reality

“The origin is the absolute reality; the seeds are the primary reality; the effects are the transactional reality.”

3.6

मूलं परमात्मा बीजानि सूत्रात्मा कार्याणि जीवात्मा ॥ ३.६ ॥
mūlaṃ paramātmā bījāni sūtrātmā kāryāṇi jīvātmā ‖ 3.6 ‖

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mūlam: origin; paramātmā: supreme self; bījāni: seeds; sūtrātmā: thread self; kāryāṇi: effects; jīvātmā: living self

“The origin is the supreme self; the seeds are the thread-self; the effects are the living self.”