Sāṃkhyaparibhāṣā · Chapter 17

iti sāṃkhyayogaḥ /
atha dehalakṣaṇam-
bhogarogaṃ tathā malaṃ nidhanaṃ kṣetragāmitā /
prārabdhamanuvarttante yathā tadvai viniścitam

pañcatanmātrabhūtāni pratyakṣamakhilaṃ jagat /
prakṛtirguṇakarmāṇi varttante citprakāśataḥ

manotthāya yadā dehe tatkarma jīvasaṃjñakam /
dehena manamutthāya tatkarma dehasaṃjñitam(?)

bhakṣyabhakṣakabhāvaṃ ca bhūtaṃ bhūteṣu yujyate /
tadarthaṃ śṛṇu me vatsa pañcabhūtānyanukramāt

āpaḥ pṛthivī bhakṣyaṃ ca vāyuragniśca bhakṣakaḥ /
tatrākāśamāvapanaṃ sattā cinmātrasaṃjñitā

kṣutpipāsāvisargaṃ ca dehe karmāṇi kevalam /
anyatkāryāṇi karmāṇi vedasaṃjñā vidhīyate

dhairyaṃ samarasaścaiva sarvabhakṣasya nispṛhaḥ /
akhaṇḍapañcabhūtāni lakṣaṇairdeha ucyate

tatrāhamantaḥkaraṇaṃ bhoktā, bhoktā nāma sākṣitvam indriyāṇāṃ bhogasādhanatā nāma rasaparīkṣā pañcabhūtānāṃ bhogyaṃ nāma sthūlakṛśādidravyaguṇāḥ / yathā bhavanti tathā / tatra pramāṇaṃ śrutiḥ- tābhyaḥ puruṣamānayattā abruvanpuruṣaṃ stuteti puruṣo vā vasu kṛtaṃ yathāyatanaṃ praviśāmi kṣutpipāse bhavateti śruteḥ mātābālakanyāyena tatra gītāsu
idaṃ śarīraṃ kaunteya kṣetramityabhidhīyate /
etadyo vetti tama prāhuḥ kṣetrajña iti tadvidaḥ