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TRANSLATION
131
Answer:
Kärikā LXVIII When the separation from the body has at length Final beatitude be
been attained, and by reason of the pur
pose having been fulfilled, Nature ceases to act,—then he attains eternal and absolute Isolation
The productivity of those actions, whose fruition has not commenced, having been destroyed, and those aiso whose fruition has commenced having been exhausted by experience,--the purpose having been fulfilled, Nat:ire desists from her activity with respect to that particular Spirit, who thus obtains eternal and absolute 'Isolation,' 1. e. cessation of the three kinds of pain.
(276) Though the Philosophy has been established by reasoning, yet in order to inspire respect towards it, the precedence of the great Sage is stated :
Karikā LXIX This abstruse knowledge adapted to the fulfilment
of the purpose of the Spirit, wherein The precedence (wherefore ) the origin, duration, and of Kapila
dissolution of beings are considered, has been expounded by the great sage.
"Absiruse",-- guhya'( lit. in a case ) i e. hard to be grasped by dull-brained persons.
"By the great sage" 1. e. by Kapıla. The feeling of reverence, thus aroused is strengthened by declaring that the doctrine is scriptural. “Wherein are considered, etc; 'in which knowledge means for the sake of which knowledge; as in the expression 'Carmani dvipinam hantı', the word 'carmani (lit. in the skin) is taken to mean for the sake of the skin, one
