is achieved by the discrimination botween Purusha and Prakriti. The Purusha is sentient but inactive, and all activity belongs to Prakriti, which is non-sentient, yet independent of the Purusha. The Sankhyas also believe in a plurality of Purushas. These are the main differences between the Sankhya and Vedanta philosophies.
Work — Work for material ends, such as getting to heaven and so forth, is meant.
Compare Svetasvatara Upa. III. 8.—'Seeing Him alone one transcends death, there is no other way.']
- वीणाया रूपसौन्दर्यं तन्त्रीवादनसौष्ठवम् ।
- प्रजारञ्जनमात्रं तन्न साम्राज्याय कल्पते ॥५७॥
57. The beauty of a guitar's form and the skill of playing on its chords serve merely to please some persons, they do not suffice to confer sovereignty.
- वाग्वैखरी शब्दझरी शास्त्रव्याख्यानकौशलम् ।
- वैदुष्यं विदुषां तद्वद्भुक्तये न तु मुक्तये ॥५८॥
58. Loud speech consisting of a shower of words, the skill in expounding Scriptures, and likewise erudition—these merely bring on a little personal enjoyment to the scholar but are no good for Liberation.
[Book-learning to the exclusion of realisation is deprecated in this and the following Slokas.
Loud speech.—Speech is divided into four kinds according to its degree of subtlety. Vaikhari is
