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Smrityanavakasadoshaprasanga
iti chet na anyasmrityanavakasadoshaprasangat II.1.1
(135)
If it be objected that (from
the doctrine of Brahman being the cause of the world) there would result
the defect of there being no room for certain Smritis (we say) no, because
(by the rejection of that doctrine) there would result the defect of
want of room for some other Smriti.
Smriti: the Sankhya philosophy; Anavakasa: no room; Dosha:
defect; Prasangat: Result, chance; Iti: thus; Chet:
if; Na: not; Anyasmriti: other Smritis; Anavakasadoshaprasangat:
because there would result the defect of want of room for other Smritis.
The conclusion arrived at in Chapter I - Section IV, that Brahman is
the cause of the world is corroborated by Smritis other than Sankhya.
The earliest and the most orthodox of these Smritis is the Smriti written
by Manu.
If you say that one set of Smritis will be ignored if it is said that
Pradhana is not the cause of the world, will not another set of Smritis
like Manu Smriti which is based on the Srutis and therefore more authoritative
be ignored if you say that Brahman is not the cause? We have shown that
the Sruti declares Brahman to be the cause. Only such Smritis which
are in full agreement with the Sruti are authoritative. What if Kapila
and others are Siddhas? Siddhi (perfection) depends on Dharma and Dharma
depends on the Vedas. No Siddha is authoritative if his view is contrary
to that of the Sruti. Smritis which are opposed to the Vedas should
be rejected ruthlessly.
Kapila acknowledges a plurality of selfs. He does not admit the doctrine
of there being one universal Self. The system of Kapila contradicts
the Vedas, not only the assumption of an independent Pradhana but also
by its hypothesis of a plurality of selfs. We cannot explain the Vedanta
texts in such a manner as not to bring them into conflict with Kapila
Smriti. Kapila Smriti contradicts the Srutis. Hence it should be disregarded.
The verse V-2 of Svetasvatara Upanishad does not refer to Kapila
founder of Sankhya philosophy. It refers to a different being altogether.
The verse really means "He who before the creation of the world produced
the golden coloured Brahma (Kapila) in order to maintain the universe".
The word Kapila means here 'golden coloured' and is another name for
Brahma called Hiranygarbha.
Itaresham chanupalabdheh II.1.2
(136)
And there being no mention (in
the scriptures) of others (i.e., the effects of the Pradhana according
to the Sankhya system), (the Sankhya system cannot be authoritative).
Itaresham: of others; Cha: and; Anupalabdheh: there
being no mention.
An argument in support of Sutra 1 is given.
Further such principles as Mahat etc., which are said to be products
of Pradhana are perceived neither in the Veda nor in ordinary experience.
On the other hand the elements and the senses are found in the Veda
and in the world and hence may be referred to in the Smriti. Hence such
words as Mahat etc., found in Smritis do not refer to products of Pradhana
but to other categories revealed in the Sruti. See I.4.1.
There is no mention of the other categories of the Sankhyas anywhere
in the Vedas. Therefore the Sankhya system cannot be authoritative.
Sankaracharya has proved that by the word Mahat we have to understand
either the cosmic intellect or Hiranyagarbha or the individual soul,
but in no case the Mahat of the Sankhya philosophy i.e., the first product
of the Prakriti.
It is not only because Sankhya teaches that Pradhana is the author of
creation which makes it unauthoritative, but it teaches other doctrines
also which have no foundation in the Vedas. It teaches that souls are
pure consciousness and all-pervading, that bondage and freedom is the
work of Prakriti. It further teaches that there is no Supreme Self,
the Lord of all. It also maintains that Pranas are merely forms of the
functions of the five senses and have no separate existence of their
own. All these heterodox doctrines are to be found there. Hence the
Sankhya system cannot be authoritative.
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