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अध्याय १ - समन्वय
Chapter 1 - Samanvaya
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अध्याय २ - अविरोध
Chapter 2 - Avirodha
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अध्याय ३ - साधना
Chapter 3 - Sadhana
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अध्याय ४ - फल:
Chapter 4 - Phala
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ॐ रचनानुपपत्तेश्च नानुमानम् ॐ ॥ २.२.१ ॥
sanskrit
The inferred one (Pradhana) is not (the cause) owing to the impossibility of explaining the design, as also for other reasons.
english translation
OM racanAnupapattezca nAnumAnam OM || 2.2.1 ||
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ॐ प्रवृत्तेश्च ॐ ॥ २.२.२॥
And the inferred (Pradhana) cannot be the cause, since the tendency to create (cannot logically arise in it).
OM pravRttezca OM || 2.2.2||
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ॐ पयोऽम्बुवच्चेत्तत्रापि ॐ ॥ २.२.३॥
If it be claimed (that Pradhana acts spontaneously) like milk and water, then even there (intelligence is the guide).
OM payo'mbuvaccettatrApi OM || 2.2.3||
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ॐ व्यतिरेकानवस्थितेश्चानपेक्षत्वात् ॐ ॥ २.२.४॥
And (Pradhana is not the cause) since (nothing extraneous to it exists, so that) it has nothing to rely on (for impulsion to or stoppage from action).
OM vyatirekAnavasthitezcAnapekSatvAt OM || 2.2.4||
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ॐ अन्यत्राभावाच्च न तृणादिवत् ॐ ॥ २.२.५॥
And Pradhana cannot change (automatically) like grass etc., (into milk in a cow) for such a change does not occur elsewhere (e.g. in a bull).
OM anyatrAbhAvAcca na tRNAdivat OM || 2.2.5||
Chapter 2
Section 1
Verses 36-40
Section 2
Verses 6-10
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