Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary
by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The Vaisheshika-sutra 1.2.13, 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 3 (‘attribute-ness not identical with substance, attribute or action’) contained in Chapter 2—Of Genus and Species—of Book I (of the predicables).
Sūtra 1.2.13 (Attribute-ness not identical with Substance, Attribute or Action)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of Vaiśeṣika sūtra 1.2.13:
तथा गुणेषु भावाद्गुणत्वमुक्तम् ॥ १.२.१३ ॥
tathā guṇeṣu bhāvādguṇatvamuktam || 1.2.13 ||
tathā—in like manner; guṇeṣu—in Attributes; bhāvat—from its existence; guṇatvam—Attribute-ness; uktam—explained.
13. (That Attributeness is distinct from Substance, Attribute, and Action is) explained from its existence in Attributes.
Commentary: The Upaskāra of Śaṅkara Miśra:
(English rendering of Śaṅkara Miśra’s commentary called Upaskāra from the 15th century)
He states Attributeness.
[Read sūtra 1.2.13 above]
The meaning is that in the very same way as Existence. Attribute-ness is explained to be distinct from Substance. Attribute, and Action, from its existence in (i.e., combination with) Attributes only.—13.