He whom both the Sankhyas and the Yogins call by the name of the Supreme Soul, comes to be regarded as the foremost Purusha on account of his own deeds. From Him originate Prakriti that is called the unmanifest or Pradhana by the learned.
परमात्मेति यं प्राहुः सांख्ययोगविदो जनाः॥ महापुरुषसंज्ञां स लभते स्वेन कर्मणा। तस्मात् प्रसूतमव्यक्तं प्रधानं तं विदुर्बुधाः॥