प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि ।विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसम्भवान् ॥
prakṛtiṃ puruṣaṃ caiva viddhy anādī ubhāv api |vikārāṃś ca guṇāṃś caiva viddhi prakṛti-sambhavān ||
- प्रकृतिम् · prakṛtim
- nature, matter
- पुरुषम् · puruṣam
- spirit, the person
- विद्धि · viddhi
- know
- अनादी · anādī
- beginningless
- उभौ अपि · ubhau api
- both
- विकारान् · vikārān
- changes, modifications
- गुणान् · guṇān
- the qualities
- प्रकृतिसम्भवान् · prakṛti-sambhavān
- born of nature
“Know nature and spirit to be both beginningless. And know that all changes and all qualities are born of nature.”
— Original plain-language translation
The second half opens with Samkhya's twin eternals: prakriti (the changing) and purusha (the witnessing). Change belongs wholly to nature's side — the first step toward no longer blaming the self for the mind's weather.
— Reader's notes (original)