भावहेतुः स्वभावस्तु व्याधीनां पुरुषस्य च| खरद्रवचलोष्णत्वं तेजोन्तानां यथैव हि ||२१||
The intrinsic nature alone (svabhava) is the cause of the existence of living beings and their diseases just as roughness (khara), fluidity (drava), mobility (chalatva) and heat (ushnatva) are respectively the intrinsic nature (or svabhava) of prithvi, apa, vayu and tejas.”
काङ्कायनस्तु नेत्याह न ह्यारम्भफलं भवेत्| भवेत् स्वभावाद्भावानामसिद्धिः सिद्धिरेव वा ||२२||
[The opinion of Kankayana as Prajapatija Purusha (creator theory)] Refuting the arguments of Bharadwaja, sage Kankayana said, “No, such an effort would be fruitless. Things would either get accomplished or not get accomplished by the course of nature.
The son of Brahma, Prajapati, who possesses infinite creative powers, is the origin of living beings as well as non-living things, happiness as well as misery”.
तन्नेति भिक्षुरात्रेयो न ह्यपत्यं प्रजापतिः| प्रजाहितैषी सततं दुःखैर्युञ्ज्यादसाधुवत् ||२४||
[The opinion of Bhikshu Atreya as Kalaja Purusha (time theory)] Bhikshu Atreya said, “No. This is not true. Prajapati (the Lord of Creation) always seeks the well-being of all of the creation. So he would never bring misery to his creations, like some cruel friend??.