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deception by the display of Prakrti, due to its discrimination from the Prakịti. Of course, such a knowledge of discrimination that the Purusa is none of the things with which it seems associated, is given by the intellect which itself is a product of the Prakrti. The buddhi or intellect develops the perception-faculty in the Prakịti. Max Müller says-- “Kapila really looks upon perception and thought as an instrument, ready made by Prakti for the use of the Purusa but remaining inert like a telescope, till it is looked through by the Purusa."! Thus, with the help of the intellect the Purusa comes to become aware of itself, its real nature which it had forgotten through its mistaken identification with the Prakịtic modifications and due to them it was suffering. By properly grasping its nature with the help of philosophical knowledge the Purusa recognises its independence from others. It is said in one Sankhya Kārikā -"So, through study of principles, the conclusive incontrovertible, one only knowledge is attained, that neither I am, nor is aught mine, nor do I exist.”. As Colebrooke says the soul or Purusa develops the understanding that it is not agent and it is not the real experiencer. The Purusa after realising its detached nature isolates itself from all the experiences and modifications of Praksti, and remains without any knowledge, even without the knowledge of its discrimination from the Praksti. Gauda pāda clarifies it in his commentary --"It is
1 Max Müller : The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy, p. 373.
? īs'varakļşņa : The Sinkhya Kiriku 64 / p. 240. Tr. H, T. Colebrooke.
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