Sāṃkhya Kārikā verse 18
janana-maraṇa-karaṇānāṃ pratiniyamāt-ayugapat-pravṛtteḥ ca |
puruṣa-bahutvaṃ siddhaṃ tri-guṇya-viparyayāt-ca-eva ||
janana - generating, begetting, producing, causingmaraṇa - the act of dying, deathkaraṇa - making, effectingpratiniyama - A separate allotmen; A general rule; a strict rule as to applying an example to particular persons or things onlyayugapad - not at once, not simultaneously; not all together, graduallypravṛtti - activity, exertion, efficacy, function; finer cognition, special cognition, sensuous cognition; moving onwards, advance, progressca - andpuruṣa - animating principle, self, consciousness, spirit; a person, man, a human being; peoplebahutva - muchness, abundance, multitude; plurality, majoritysiddhi - accomplishment, performance, fulfilment, attainment, success; the hitting of a mark; coming into force, validity; any unusual skill or faculty or capability; the acquisition of supernatural powers by magical means or the faculty so acquiredtri - threeguṇa - an ingredient or constituent or attribute of nature; a property or characteristic of all created things; qualities; a quality, peculiarity, attribute or property; the peculiar properties of the lettersviparyaya - wrong perception, misapprehension, error, mistake; intrinsic misconception; reversed, inverted, perverse, contrary toeva - indeed, truly, really; thus; so, just so, exactly so
