स्वपक्षदोषाच्च ॥ १० ॥
svapakṣadoṣācca || 10 ||
svapakṣa-doṣāt—Because of the objections to his own view; ca—and.
10. And because of the objections (cited) (being applicable) to his own (Sankhyan) view (also).
The objections raised by the Sankhyas against Vedanta are equally true of their view of the First Cause, viz. the Pradhana. Form, taste, etc. are not to be found in the Pradhana, yet we find these things in the world produced out of it. The objection as regards reabsorption at the time of Pralaya applies also in the case of the Sankhyan Pradhana. Thus whatever objections are raised against Vedanta in this respect are also true of the Sankhyas. Hence they should be dropped. Of the two, however, Vedanta being based on the Srutis is more authoritative. Moreover, the objections have all been answered from the Vedanta standpoint, whereas from the Sankhyan standpoint, it is not possible to answer them.