Verse 288

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

एकरूपे च चैतन्ये सर्वकालमवस्थिते ।
नानाविधार्थभोक्तृत्वं कथं नामोपपद्यते ॥ २८८ ॥

ekarūpe ca caitanye sarvakālamavasthite |
nānāvidhārthabhoktṛtvaṃ kathaṃ nāmopapadyate || 288 ||

If ‘sentience’ is of one form and continues to exist for all time, then, how is it possible for the sentient soul to be the enjoyer of things of many kinds?—(288)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following Text shows that the said doctrine is open to the charge op being contrary to doctrines of the Sāṃkhya himself:—[see verse 288 above]

The Soul is of one form, and yet the enjoyer of many kinds of things,—this involves self-contradiction; specially as it cannot be distinguished from the state in which one is not the enjoyer.—(288)