CC Madhya 25.50
TEXT 50
’mīmāṁsaka’ kahe,—’īśvara haya karmera aṅga’
’sāṅkhya’ kahe,—’jagatera prakṛti kāraṇa-prasaṅga’
SYNONYMS
mīmāṁsaka—the Mīmāṁsaka philosophers; kahe—say; īśvara—the Supreme Lord; haya—is; karmera aṅga—subject to fruitive activities; sāṅkhya kahe—the atheistic Sāṅkhya philosophers say; jagatera—of the cosmic manifestation; prakṛti—nature; kāraṇa—the cause; prasaṅga—thesis.
TRANSLATION
“The Mīmāṁsaka philosophers conclude that if there is a God, He is subject to our fruitive activities. Similarly, the Sāṅkhya philosophers, who analyze the cosmic manifestation, say that the cause of the cosmos is material nature.