Verse 2.571

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

निर्निमित्तं भयं चेत्स्यान्न तस्यास्ति निवारणम् ।
ध्वंसेन वा निवृत्तिः स्यादात्मनो नेष्यते तथा ॥ ५७१ ॥

nirnimittaṃ bhayaṃ cetsyānna tasyāsti nivāraṇam |
dhvaṃsena vā nivṛttiḥ syādātmano neṣyate tathā || 571 ||

English translation of verse 2.571:

If it be said that fear arises without a cause, then there is no remedy to it. (If fear be inherent in the Self), it would cease only with the destruction of the Self. The destruction of the Self is not desired (by the followers of the Veda).

Notes:

It is no argument to say that Īśvara is not the cause of fear and that fear arises without a cause. In that case fear will never cease to exist. Nor is it possible to argue that fear is inherent in the Self. In that case fear will cease to exist only with the destruction of the Self. No follower of the Veda would ever wish for the destruction of the Self So mokṣa would be meaningless on the view which seeks to maintain the difference between the jīva and Brahman.