Stanzas on the Divine Pulsation · 1.14

Stanzas on the Divine Pulsation 1.14

1.14
अवस्थायुगलं चात्र कार्यकर्तृत्वशब्दितम् । कार्यता क्षयिणी तत्र कर्तृत्वं पुनरक्षयम् ॥१४॥
avasthā-yugalaṃ cātra kārya-kartṛtva-śabditam | kāryatā kṣayiṇī tatra kartṛtvaṃ punar akṣayam ||
anuṣṭubh
— the pair of states ; — and ; — here (in this Self) ; — named effect-ness and agent-ness ; — the state of being effect ; — perishable ; — there (in that pair) ; — agency ; — however, on the other hand ; — imperishable

Here a pair of states is spoken of — that of effect and that of agent: the effect-state is perishable, but agency is imperishable.