मूलप्रकृतिरविकृतिर्महदाद्याः प्रकृतिविकृतयः सप्त ।षोडशकस्तु विकारो न प्रकृतिर्न विकृतिः पुरुषः ॥ ३॥

mūlaprakṛtiravikṛtirmahadādyāḥ prakṛtivikṛtayaḥ sapta ।ṣoḍaśakastu vikāro na prakṛtirna vikṛtiḥ puruṣaḥ ॥ 3॥

Mūlaprakṛtiḥ=unmanifest Prakriti; avikṛtiḥ=non-evolute, not an effect; mahat=buddhi (intellect); ādyāḥ=etc.; prakṛtivikṛtayaḥ=cause and effect; sapta =seven; ṣoḍaśakaḥ=sixteen; tu=indeed; vikāro=effect only; na=not; prakṛtiḥ=cause; na=nor; vikṛtiḥ=effect; puruṣaḥ=Purusha

Mula Prakriti (Primal nature) is not an evolute (vikriti/effect). Mahat . . . → Read More: Samkhya Karika 3

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