Verse 297

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US-P16.048ab ।US-P16.048cd ॥

In plain words

The idea that primal matter exists for the sake of the conscious spirit makes no sense given that the spirit is changeless; nor does it hold together even within Sānkhya philosophy when modification is introduced.

Close to the Sanskrit

And the subserviency of pradhana to the purusa, because of the changelessness of the purusa, is not tenable; even in the Sankhya scripture, when modification is present, it is not consistent.