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of the effect and the instruments, Prakyiti is said to be the cause ; as
experiencing pleasure and pain, Purusha is said to be the cause.The effect
(karya) is the physical body, and the instruments (karanas) are the thirteen
located in the body. The five elements (bhutas) which buildup the body,
and the five senseobjects which are the emanations of Prakriti as mentioned
above, are included under the term effect ; and all qualities, such as pleasure,
pain and delusion, which are born of Prakriti, are included under the term
instruments, since those qualities are seated in the instruments, the senses.
In the production of the physical body, of the senses and their sensations,
Prakriti is said to be the cause, for, it generates them all. Thus, as producing
the physical body and the senses, Prakriti is the cause of samsara. In the
place of karana which means instrument, some read karana which means cause.Whatever
is a modification of another is the effect or emanation (vikara) of that
other ; and that from which it emanates is the cause (karana) Prakriti is
the source of the cause and the effect, which comprise the same things (that
were denoted by the terms the effect and the instruments). Or, it may be
that the sixteen vikarns or emanations are here spoken of as the effect;
and the seven vehicle are at once Prakriti and vikriti, cause and effect,
and which are therefore called PrakritiVikritis, are spoken of as the cause.
In the production of these, the cause is Prakriti, as generating them all.
And now will be shown how Purusha is the cause of samsara. Purusha,Jiva,
Kshetrajna, Bhoaktri ( Enjoyer are all synonymous terms. Purusha is said
to be the cause, as perceiving pleasure, pain, and other objects of experience.
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