Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary
by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The Vaisheshika-sutra 1.1.10, 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 0 (‘exeplanation of the foregoing aphorism’) contained in Chapter 1—Of Substance, Attribute, and Action—of Book I (of the predicables).
Sūtra 1.1.10 (Exeplanation of the foregoing aphorism)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of Vaiśeṣika sūtra 1.1.10:
द्रव्याणि द्रव्यान्तरमारभन्ते गुणाश्च गुणान्तरम् ॥ १.१.१० ॥
dravyāṇi dravyāntaramārabhante guṇāśca guṇāntaram || 1.1.10 ||
dravyāṇi—Substances; dravyāntaram—another Substance; arabhante—originate; guṇāḥ—Attributes; ca—and; guṇāntaram—another Attribute.
10. Substances originate another Substance, and Attributes another.Attribute,—10.
Commentary: The Upaskāra of Śaṅkara Miśra:
(English rendering of Śaṅkara Miśra’s commentary called Upaskāra from the 15th century)
The Resemblance in respect of the characteristic of being the originators of cogeners [congeners?] should be understood or observed with the exclusion of universal Substances composed of final parts, the Attributes of what are composed of final parts, and also the Attributes of Duality, the Separateness of Duals, Priority, Posteriority, etc. Or the author means to indicate the possession of the upādhi or condition which distinguishes predicables having the function of that which originates its congener, whereby Substances and individuals which are not causes, are also included.—10.