The Sánkhya Aphorisms of Kapila
Translated by James R. Ballantyne
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BOOK I.
a. Salutation to the illustrious sage, Kapila!
b. Well, the great sage, Kapila, desirous of raising the world [from the Slough of Despond in which he found it sunk], perceiving that the knowledge of the excellence of any fruit, through the desire [which this excites] for the fruit, is a cause of people’s betaking themselves to the means [adapted to the attainment of the fruit], declares [as follows] the excellence of the fruit [which he would urge our striving to obtain]:
APh’ L Well> the complete cessation of pain [which is] of three kinds is the complete end of man.
a. The word ‘well’ serves as a benediction; [the particle atha being regarded as an auspicious one].
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