{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbe34/sbe34180.htm","path":"hin/sbe34/sbe34180.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe34/sbe34180.htm","text":"The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34), tr. by George Thibaut [1890]\n4. And because (the pradh\u00e2na), on account of there existing nothing beyond it, stands in no relation; (it cannot be active.)\nThe three gunas of the S\u00e2nkhyas when in a state of equipoise form the pradh\u00e2na. Beyond the pradh\u00e2na there exists no external principle which could either impel the pradh\u00e2na to activity or restrain it from activity. The soul (purusha), as we know, is indifferent, neither moves to--nor restrains from--action. As therefore the pradh\u00e2na stands in no relation, it is impossible to see why it should sometimes modify itself into the great principle (mahat) and sometimes not. The activity and non-activity (by turns) of the Lord,\non the other hand, are not contrary to reason, on account of his omniscience and omnipotence, and his being connected with the power of illusion (m\u00e2y\u00e2).","title":"The Vedanta Sutras, Sankaracharya, comm.: Second Adhy&aci...","type":"page"}