Verse 13

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

कार्यस्यैवमयोगाच्च किंकुर्वत्कारणं भवेत् ।
ततः कारणभावोऽपि बीजादेर्न विकल्पते ॥ १३ ॥

kāryasyaivamayogācca kiṃkurvatkāraṇaṃ bhavet |
tataḥ kāraṇabhāvo'pi bījāderna vikalpate || 13 ||

“Thus the effect being impossible, what would that be by producing which anything would be a cause? as a consequence, it cannot be possible to admit the causal character of even such things as the seed and the like.”—(13)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

In support of the fifth reason [stated in the Sāṃkhyakārikā, 9—Because I he effect is of the essence of the Cause]—we have the following—[see verse 13 above]

Thus,—i.e. in accordance with the reason explained in the preceding text; or on account of the four Reasons stated above (by the Sāṃkhya),—the Effect being absolutely impossible, under the theory that ‘the Effect is non-existent (prior to its production)’,—what would that be by producing which, the Seed and other things would be a Cause? Hence it would be possible to assert that the Seed and other such things cannot be ‘Causes’, because their effect is non-existent, like the Sky-lotus. And yet such an assertion is impossible, Hence it becomes established that the contrary view is the right one, that the Effect exists even prior to its actual production,—(13)