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Updated: June 16, 2025
And as to the third point, Hiranyagarbha himself is only an individual soul, and hence liable to be overpowered by the inferior gunas, i.e. passion and darkness; and hence the Yoga-smriti is founded on error, no less than the Puranas, promulgated by him, which are founded on rajas and tamas. The Yoga cannot, therefore, be used for the support of the Vedanta.
It might appear, we reply, that the Vedanta should be supported by the Yoga-smriti, firstly, because the latter admits the existence of a Lord; secondly, because the Vedanta-texts mention Yoga as a means to bring about final Release; and thirdly, because Hiranyagarbha, who proclaimed the Yoga-smriti is qualified for the promulgation of all Vedanta-texts.
Now, as these Rishis did not see truth in the way of Kapila, we conclude that Kapila's view, which contradicts Scripture, is founded on error, and cannot therefore be used to modify the sense of the Vedanta-texts. Here finishes the adhikarana treating of 'Smriti. Hereby the Yoga is refuted. By the above refutation of Kapila's Smriti the Yoga-smriti also is refuted.
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