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SrI:
 
 Dear BhakthAs of Swamy  Desikan :
 
Today , we will study Swamy  Desikan's criticism  of
Saankhya Matham .The full title of this adhikAram (chapter)
is NirIswara Saankya NirAkaraNAdhikAram.

There are two Sankhya Mathams: sEswara Saankhya 
darsanam ( Theistic one) and nirIvara Saankhya Darsanam 
(atheistic one created by Sage Kapila). Saankhya KaarikA of 
Vaachaspathi Misra is a detailed statement on this atheistic
Saankhya Darsanam .There are significant differences between 
VisishtAdhvaitha  and SaankhyA darsanams.

189) Criticism of the Saankyaa Matham
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mukkuNamAy ninRa moola prakruthikku azhiyA 
    akkuNamaRRa aru tuNai athaRkku Isan illai
ikkaNanaippadi Iyainthum yeNNil munn mutthi yennum
     pakkaNa veeNar pazham pahattaip-pazhuthAkkuvamE
  
The two key doctrines of Saankhya darsanam are:
(1) Prakruthi and (2) Jeevan.There is no Iswaran .Satthvam , 
Rajas and Tamas are not GuNams but dhravyams. When these 
three guNams are in exactly equal proportions , Prakruthi is 
called Moola Prakruthi (MP) ; it is eternal and is not destroyable .
MP is enjoyed by the Jeevan . MP is pervasive everywhere(Vibhu). 
MP will always undergo changes. This is the prime cause for all
other doctrines and transforms in to tatthvams like MahAn. 

Jeevan is eternal. It is also Vibhu since it is pervasively present
everywhere. Jeevan is without any guNam.He is the embodiment of
Jn~Anam.He ahs no activities. He stands apart from every SarIram.
Prakruthi undergoes transformation as a result of Jeevan standing 
as support .Like a blind person walks with the help of a lame person ,
Prakruthi performs its duties with the help of Jeevan , which is Jn~Ana
Svaroopan .Since the world's activities are accounted by Prakruthi and
Jeevan, Sankhya darsanam denies the need for the Tattvam of Isan .
Saankhya darsanam believes that one can earn mOksham , if one
understands the twenty five tattvams ( Moola Prakruthi , MahAn , 
ahankAram , five bhUthams , five tanmAthrams , five Jn~AnEndhriyams ,
five karmEndhriyams , manas and jeevan.

We (Swamy  Desikan ) condemn the futile assertions about its 
doctrines which are like the brainless prattle of hunters in a hunter 
collony   because of their lack of knowledge about Iswaran and 
DharmAdharmams .

190)  Contradictions  in Saankya Matham: Destruction is the Phalan
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Isan ilan yepathanAl yenRum seevar 
   yengum uLar ilar uNarvai yenRavatthAl
pAsamenum prakruthitannAl yenRum
   palamum ilai veedum ilai yennum paNN pAl
kAsini neer mudhalaana kAriyangaL 
  kacchapatthin kAl kai pOl yennum katthAl 
nAm isayA Saankhiyatthai nAduvArkkE

(Meaning ): SaankhyAs deny  the existence of Iswaran,
who is celebrated by all the VedAs . They describe the Jeevan
as Vibhu and without Jn~Anam in opposition to the Vedic view 
that Jeevan is aNu (atomic in size) and filled with Jn~Anam.
First , they say that Jeevan's samsAric experineces and MOksham 
are directly linked to Prakruthi and next state some thing that is
totally contradictory :  Jeevan has no SamsAram and Moksham.
Prakruthi alone has SamsAram and Moksham.

SaankhyAs state that the dissolution of the universe 
and its being during PraLayam and the appearace of the Universe 
during Srushti Kaalam is like the shrinking and sntretching of
tortoises' head in to its shell .They link the shrinking and expansion
(sankuchitham and Vikasitham ) of  the Tatthvams to the dissolution
and creation of the Universe , which is not  acceptable on the grounds of
Veda PramANams. 

VisishtAdhvathins point out the need for Prakruthi being under 
the control of the Omniscient , Omnipotent Iswaran as controller 
of this insentient Prakruthi . Therefore they reject the NirIswara
Vaadham of the SaankhyAs. There are differences of opinions 
on the Kaala Tatthvam between the two darsanams. 

Therefore says Swamy Desikan that he rejects the strange prattlings of 
SaankhyAs as being inconsistent with Veda and other PramANams .

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan ,
Swamy Desikan ThiruvadikaLE SaraNam

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:


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