कारणमस्त्यव्यक्तं प्रवर्तते त्रिगुणतः समुदयाच्च ।परिणामतः सलिलवत् प्रतिप्रतिगुणाश्रयविशेषात् ॥ १६ ॥

kāraṇamastyavyaktaṁ pravartate triguṇataḥ samudayācca ।pariṇāmataḥ salilavat pratipratiguṇāśrayaviśeṣāt ॥ 16 ॥

Kāraṇam=cause; asti=is, exists; avyaktaṁ=unmanifest (Mula Prakriti); pravartate=functions; triguṇataḥ=in respect of the three gunas (sattva, rajas, tamas); samudayāt=collectively; ca=and; pariṇāmataḥ=through modification; salilavat=like water; pratiprati=each (of the gunas); guṇāśraya=dominance of the guna; viśeṣāt=from the effects;

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