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एकत्रैव च शब्दादौ भावनाजातिभेदतः ।
सङ्गादयः संभविनो लक्ष्यन्ते नियताः स्फुटम् ॥ ३७ ॥

ekatraiva ca śabdādau bhāvanājātibhedataḥ |
saṅgādayaḥ saṃbhavino lakṣyante niyatāḥ sphuṭam || 37 ||

On account of the diversity of habit and nature, all possible attachment and the rest are clearly found to be restricted to each single object, like sound and the rest.—(37)

Kamalaśīla

The following argument might be urged (by the Sāṃkhya):—“As a matter of fact, though Consciousness (or Cognition) by itself is devoid of the Blue or any other colour, yet it appears to be of that colour, by reason of the proximity of the Blue Object outside; and in the same manner, the Consciousness, which by itself is devoid of the form of Happiness and the rest, appears in these forms by reason of the imposition of the external Happiness, etc. upon it; so that, even though the Feeling is of the nature of Happiness, etc., these latter cannot be regarded as constituting Consciousness; and thus our principal Reason is not ‘too wide’ or Inconclusive.”

The answer to this is provided by the following:—[see verse 37 above]

‘Bhāvanājātibhedataḥ’;—‘Bhāvanā’ stands for Habit;—‘jāti’, ‘nature’, for one’s own character;—on account of the diversity—peculiarity—of these two;—attachment and the rest;—‘attachment’ stands for Longing; the phrase ‘and the rest’ includes such feelings as Love and the like, due to the Harmony–Attribute, Hate, Agitation, etc. due to the Energy–Attribute, and Dejection, Illusion, etc. due to the Inertia–Attribute; thus the effects of all the Three Attributes become included—all these are found to be restricted,—i.e. of one form;—for instance, on account of their peculiar habits, the Lover and other persons have one or the other of the said feelings in regard to Wine, Woman and other things, according as they have been found to be conducive to good or evil;—similarly on account of the peculiar nature, one or the other of the said feelings appear in some of the animals, like the Deer (who are attracted by Sound), the Elephant (who are attracted by Odour) and the like.—All these feelings (of Love, Hate and the rest) are always restricted (to the Lover, or the Deer, etc.),—and do not appear in all persons or animals. This would not be right if Sound and other objects were of the nature of (consisted of) Pleasure and the rest.—(37)

Question—“Why?”

The answer is given in the following:—