योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-167, verse-31
किंतु नास्त्येष बाह्योऽर्थो भूतानामत्यसंभवात् ।
पञ्चानामादिसर्गादौ कारणानामभावतः ॥ ३१ ॥
पञ्चानामादिसर्गादौ कारणानामभावतः ॥ ३१ ॥
kiṃtu nāstyeṣa bāhyo'rtho bhūtānāmatyasaṃbhavāt ,
pañcānāmādisargādau kāraṇānāmabhāvataḥ 31
pañcānāmādisargādau kāraṇānāmabhāvataḥ 31
31.
But there is no outward object at all, owing to the absence of material elements; and the want of the five principles of matter, before and at the time of first creation.