Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary
by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The Vaisheshika-sutra 1.1.9, English translation, including commentaries such as the Upaskara of Shankara Mishra, the Vivriti of Jayanarayana-Tarkapanchanana and the Bhashya of Chandrakanta. The Vaisheshika Sutras teaches the science freedom (moksha-shastra) and the various aspects of the soul (eg., it's nature, suffering and rebirth under the law of karma). This is sutra 9 (‘resemblance of substance and attribute’) contained in Chapter 1—Of Substance, Attribute, and Action—of Book I (of the predicables).
Sūtra 1.1.9 (Resemblance of Substance and Attribute)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of Vaiśeṣika sūtra 1.1.9:
द्रव्यगुणयोः सजातीयारम्भकत्वं साधर्म्यम् ॥ १.१.९ ॥
dravyaguṇayoḥ sajātīyārambhakatvaṃ sādharmyam || 1.1.9 ||
dravya-guṇayoḥ—of Substance and Attribute; sajātīyārambhakatvam—the characteristic of being the originator of congeners; sādharmyam—Resemblance.
9. The Resemblance of Substance and Attribute is the characteristic of being the originators of their congeners.
Commentary: The Upaskāra of Śaṅkara Miśra:
(English rendering of Śaṅkara Miśra’s commentary called Upaskāra from the 15th century)
He makes clear this very aphorism in the following one.—9.