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The Essence of the Tantra8.69

8.69

अत एव कार इत्य् अनेन कृतकत्वम् अस्य उक्तं साङ्ख्यस्य तु तत् न युज्यते स हि न आत्मनो ऽहंविमर्शमयताम् इच्छति वयं तु कर्तृत्वम् अपि तस्य इच्छामः

Transliteration (IAST)

ata eva kāra ity anena kṛtakatvam asya uktaṃ sāṅkhyasya tu tat na yujyate sa hi na ātmano 'haṃvimarśamayatām icchati vayaṃ tu kartṛtvam api tasya icchāmaḥ

— the (word-element) "kāra" (in ahaṅ-kāra, denoting "making") ; — its being a product (something made) ; — for the Sāṃkhya ; — consisting of the self-reflective "I"-awareness ; — maintains, holds ; — agency ; — we maintain, we hold

For this very reason the element "kāra" (in ahaṅkāra) declares it to be a product. But this does not fit the Sāṃkhya, for he does not hold that the self consists of self-reflective "I"-awareness; whereas we hold that agency too belongs to it.