0232 Verse 288

Original

एकरूपे च चैतन्ये सर्वकालमवस्थिते ।
नानाविधार्थभोक्तृत्वं कथं नामोपपद्यते ॥ २८८ ॥

ekarūpe ca caitanye sarvakālamavasthite |
nānāvidhārthabhoktṛtvaṃ kathaṃ nāmopapadyate || 288 ||

If ‘sentience’ is of one form and continues to exist for all time, then, how is it possible for the sentient soul to be the enjoyer of things of many kinds?—(288)

Kamalaśīla

The following Text shows that the said doctrine is open to the charge op being contrary to doctrines of the Sāṃkhya himself:—[see verse 288 above]

The Soul is of one form, and yet the enjoyer of many kinds of things,—this involves self-contradiction; specially as it cannot be distinguished from the state in which one is not the enjoyer.—(288)