# Cc. Ādi 6.18 ## Text > yadyapi sāṅkhya māne, 'pradhāna'—kāraṇa > jaḍa ha-ite kabhu nahe jagat-sṛjana ## Synonyms *yadyapi*—although; *sāṅkhya*—Sāṅkhya philosophy; *māne*—accepts; *pradhāna*—ingredients; *kāraṇa*—cause; *jaḍa* *ha*-*ite*—from matter; *kabhu*—at any time; *nahe*—there is not; *jagat*-*sṛjana*—the creation of the material world. ## Translation **Although the Sāṅkhya philosophy accepts that the material ingredients are the cause, the creation of the world never arises from dead matter.**