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CC Adi 6.18



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 18

yadyapi sāṅkhya māne, ‘pradhāna’—kāraṇa
jaḍa ha-ite kabhu nahe jagat-sṛjana


SYNONYMS

yadyapi — although; sāṅkhya — Sāṅkhya philosophy; māne — accepts; pradhāna — ingredients; kāraṇa — cause; jaḍa ha-ite — from matter; kabhu — at any time; nahe — there is not; jagat-sṛjana — the creation of the material world.


TRANSLATION

Although the Sāṅkhya philosophy accepts that the material ingredients are the cause, the creation of the world never arises from dead matter.