तत्र तस्य जडप्रतियोगित्वेन ज्ञानत्वं दुःखप्रतियोगित्वेन तु ज्ञानत्वमानन्दत्वं च ।
tatra tasya jaḍa-pratiyogitvena jñānatvaṁ duḥkha-pratiyogitvena tu jñānatvam ānandatvaṁ ca |
(Paramātma Sandarbha: 28)
“In this regard [i.e., in regard to the jīva being described in Padma Purāṇa, Uttara-khaṇḍa, 226.35 (see Paramātma Sandarbha: 19), as cid-ānandātmakaḥ, that is, of the nature of consciousness and bliss], because of the jīva’s being the counterpositive [i.e., negation] of inertness, the jīva is [said to be] of the nature of consciousness, and because of the jīva’s being the counterpositive [i.e., negation] of misery, the jīva is [said to be] of the nature of consciousness and bliss.”