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CC Adi 6.18 (1975)



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.