Kapila on the Number of the Principles

Verse 1 (12.328.1)

यदप्युक्तं कति तत्वानि भवन्ति तदेतानि । मयानुपूर्व्यशः प्रोक्तान्येवमाह ॥

yadapyuktaṃ kati tatvāni bhavanti tadetāni | mayānupūrvyaśaḥ proktānyevamāha

As for what you also asked — how many principles there are — these have been stated by me in order. So it is said:

Note on the text: Corrected यमानुपूर्व्यशः → मयानुपूर्व्यशः and तत्वमेतानि → तदेतानि (misprints in Wikisource; "by me, in order" and "these", CE tad etāni mayā pūrvaśaḥ pūrvoktāni). Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.29A, lines 59–60 (12,308.191d@029A_0059–0060), printed after the speaker line "kapila uvāca"; CE pūrvaśaḥ against Wikisource आनुपूर्व्यशः is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 2 (12.328.2)

तत्वान्यथोक्तानि। तथाविद्यो निबुद्ध्यते । न स पापेन लिप्येत निर्मुक्तः सर्वसंकरात् ॥

tatvānyathoktāni | tathāvidyo nibuddhyate | na sa pāpena lipyeta nirmuktaḥ sarvasaṃkarāt

The principles have been stated as they are. One who understands them in this way is not stained by sin and is freed from all confusion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.29A, lines 61–62 (12,308.191d@029A_0061–0062). Wikisource तथाविद्यो (CE yathāvad yo) is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 3 (12.328.3)

यदप्युक्तं इहाद्यं मध्यमं च तत्वानामित्यत्र ब्रूमः ॥

yadapyuktaṃ ihādyaṃ madhyamaṃ ca tatvānāmityatra brūmaḥ

As for what you also asked — the first and the middle of the principles — on this we say:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.29A, line 63 (12,308.191d@029A_0063). Wikisource इहाद्यं against CE kim ādyaṃ is a variant, kept.

Verse 4 (12.328.4)

एवमाद्यं मध्यमं चोक्तं बुद्ध्यादीनि त्रयोविंशतितत्वानि विशेषपर्यवसानानि ज्ञातव्यानि भवन्तीत्येव मामकेनेत्यत्रोच्यते ॥

evamādyaṃ madhyamaṃ coktaṃ buddhyādīni trayoviṃśatitatvāni viśeṣaparyavasānāni jñātavyāni bhavantītyeva māmakenetyatrocyate

Thus the first and the middle have been stated: the twenty-three principles, from buddhi to the specifics, are to be known; so it is said here, in my own way.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.29A, lines 64–65 (12,308.191d@029A_0064–0065). The ending (भवन्तीत्येव मामकेनेत्यत्रोच्यते) is a corrupt form of CE bhavantīty evam āha | kenety atrocyate; kept as printed and rendered closely.

Verse 5 (12.328.5)

देवदत्तयज्ञदत्तब्राह्मणक्षत्रियवैश्यशूद्रचण्डालपुल्कसादिरेतानि ज्ञातव्यानि बुद्ध्यादीनि विशेषपर्यवसानानि मन्तव्यानि प्रत्येतव्यान्युक्तानि एतदाद्यं मध्यमं च। एतस्मात्तत्वानामुत्पत्तिर्भवति अत्र प्रलीयन्ते। केचिदाहुराचार्याः ॥

devadattayajñadattabrāhmaṇakṣatriyavaiśyaśūdracaṇḍālapulkasādiretāni jñātavyāni buddhyādīni viśeṣaparyavasānāni mantavyāni pratyetavyānyuktāni etadādyaṃ madhyamaṃ ca | etasmāttatvānāmutpattirbhavati atra pralīyante | kecidāhurācāryāḥ

Devadatta, Yajnadatta, the brahmin, the kshatriya, the vaishya, the shudra, the chandala, the pulkasa and the rest — in all of these the principles, from buddhi to the specifics, are to be known, regarded and held true as stated. This is the first and the middle. From this the principles arise, and into this they dissolve; so some teachers say.

Note on the text: Corrected तदेव तद्यदा दत्तब्राह्मण → देवदत्तयज्ञदत्तब्राह्मण and प्रत्येतव्याभ्युक्तानि → प्रत्येतव्यान्युक्तानि (misprints in Wikisource; the first is not Sanskrit in context and the CE has devadattayajñadattabrāhmaṇakṣatriyavaiśyaśūdracaṇḍālapulkasādir, the second is a garbled form of CE pratyetavyāny uktāni). Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.29A, lines 66–69 (12,308.191d@029A_0066–0069).

Verse 6 (12.328.6)

अहमित्येतदात्मकं शरीरसङ्घातं त्रिषु लोकेषु व्यक्तमव्यक्ताधिष्ठितमेतद्देवदत्तसंज्ञकम् ॥

ahamityetadātmakaṃ śarīrasaṅghātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu vyaktamavyaktādhiṣṭhitametaddevadattasaṃjñakam

This aggregate of the body, whose nature is "I", manifest in the three worlds and presided over by the unmanifest — this is what is called Devadatta.

Note on the text: Corrected सशीरसङ्घातं → शरीरसङ्घातं (misprint in Wikisource; "aggregate of the body", CE śarīrasaṃghātam). Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.29A, lines 69–71 (12,308.191d@029A_0069–0071); the wording differs slightly from the CE (avyaktasūkṣmādhiṣṭhitam), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 7 (12.328.7)

योगदशमपुरुषदर्शनानां तु पञ्चविंशतितत्वानां प्रतिबुध्यमानयोर्व्यतिरिक्तं शुचिव्यभ्रमित्याहुराचार्याः। एवमाह ॥

yogadaśamapuruṣadarśanānāṃ tu pañcaviṃśatitatvānāṃ pratibudhyamānayorvyatiriktaṃ śucivyabhramityāhurācāryāḥ | evamāha

For the doctrines of Yoga, of the "tenth" and of the Person, regarding the twenty-five principles, the teachers say that, apart from the awakening and the awakened, there is the pure, cloudless one. So it is said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.29A, lines 71–73 (12,308.191d@029A_0071–0073). The first words (योगदशमपुरुषदर्शनानां) are corrupt in Wikisource (CE dehināṃ yogadarśanam | abuddhapuruṣadarśanānāṃ); kept as printed and rendered closely.

Verse 8 (12.328.8)

चतुर्विशतितत्वज्ञस्त्वव्यक्ते प्रतितिष्ठति । पञ्चविंशतितत्वज्ञोऽप्यव्यक्तमधितिष्ठति ॥

caturviśatitatvajñastvavyakte pratitiṣṭhati | pañcaviṃśatitatvajño'pyavyaktamadhitiṣṭhati

One who knows the twenty-four principles stands in the unmanifest; one who knows the twenty-five presides even over the unmanifest.

Note on the text: Removed the stray quote mark and doubled daṇḍa Wikisource prints at the end (अधितिष्ठति।।') and restored the verse-end ॥. Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.29A, lines 74–75 (12,308.191d@029A_0074–0075); Wikisource अधितिष्ठति against CE atitiṣṭhati ("transcends") is a recension variant, kept. Wikisource ends here; the CE passage continues (Appendix I.29A–E) with matter not in Wikisource.