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  "name":"Cc. Ādi 6.18",
  "h1":"Cc. Ādi 6.18",
  "label":"Text 18",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 6.18",
  "description":"Although the Sāṅkhya philosophy accepts that the material ingredients are the cause, the creation of the world never arises from dead matter."

} —

Cc. Ādi 6.18

Text

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.