Charak Samhita

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निष्क्रियस्य क्रिया तस्य भगवन्! विद्यते कथम्। स्वतन्त्रश्चेदनिष्टासु कथं योनिषु जायते ॥६॥

9. If the Purusha is independent, how does it take birth among the undesirable species? 10. If the Purusha is absolutely free, how does it get overpowered by miserable ideas?

english translation

वशी यद्यसुखैः कस्माद्भावैराक्रम्यते बलात्। सर्वाः सर्वगतत्वाच्च वेदनाः किं न वेत्ति सः ॥७॥

11. Being omnipresent, why is it not aware of all miseries in its surroundings? 12. If it is ubiquitous, how does it not visualize things interrupted by hills and walls?

english translation

न पश्यति विभुः कस्माच्छैलकुड्यतिरस्कृतम्। क्षेत्रज्ञः क्षेत्रमथवा किं पूर्वमिति संशयः ॥८॥

13. Which comes first – the body or the knower of the body (soul)? In the absence of the body, the object that perceives, emergence of the Purusha does not appear to be appropriate. But then if the body comes first, the Purusha would not be deemed eternal.

english translation

ज्ञेयं क्षेत्रं विना पूर्वं क्षेत्रज्ञो हि न युज्यते। क्षेत्रं च यदि पूर्वं स्यात् क्षेत्रज्ञः स्यादशाश्वतः ॥९॥

14. What is it of which the Purusha is considered to be a witness? 15. Can the same Purusha be a creator as well as a witness at the same time?

english translation

साक्षिभूतश्च कस्यायं कर्ता ह्यन्यो न विद्यते। स्यात् कथं चाविकारस्य विशेषो वेदनाकृतः ॥१०॥

16. If the Purusha is derived from any modification, how does it subject itself to specific situations arising out of miseries (diseases)?

english translation