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samkhya sutra,-Vishayadhyaya, (S.-1, Ch.-1, V.-9) |
नाशक्योपदेशविधिः, उपदिष्टे ऽप्यनुपदेशः । |
nāśakyopadeśavidhiḥ, upadiṣṭe 'pyanupadeśaḥ । |
What is inherent is unchangeable |
na = no; a-śakya = without fruits or results; upadeśa = preaching, teaching; vidhiḥ = method (technique); upadiṣṭe = taught; api = even; an-upadeśaḥ = not – teaching. |
It does not make sense to teach a method that will not produce results.
____James R. Ballantyne, London 1885_____ There is no rule, where something impossible is enjoined: though it be enjoined, it is no injunction.
A lot is hidden in this sutra. If you do something with no results, that action is actually like not acting at all. There is no point in attempting to change something that is unchangeable, for example. Today we see that people do not understand this - for example, they believe that they can change people, like somebody who expects that because they get married to an alcoholic, that person will then stop being an alcoholic. If a patient is supporting his or her own disease, there is no point in treating that person because there will be no change. It does not make sense to expend effort in such a case. If one wants to change the curly tail of a dog, one can stick it in a pipe to straighten it, but the moment one takes the pipe off, the tail will begin to curl again because it cannot grow otherwise.