Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary
by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The Vaisheshika-sutra 2.2.13, 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 (‘above continued’) contained in Chapter 2—Of the Five Bhutas, Time, and Space—of Book II (of substances).
Sūtra 2.2.13 (Above continued)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of Vaiśeṣika sūtra 2.2.13:
कार्यविशेषेण नानात्वम् ॥ २.२.१३ ॥
kāryaviśeṣeṇa nānātvam || 2.2.13 ||
kārya-viśeṣeṇa—owing to difference or distinction of effects; nānātvam—multiplicity or diversity.
13. The diversity (of Space) is due to the difference of effect—92.
Commentary: The Upaskāra of Śaṅkara Miśra:
(English rendering of Śaṅkara Miśra’s commentary called Upaskāra from the 15th century)
It may be asked, “If Space is only one, how then can there be its cognition and use as ten quarters or directions?, So ho says:—
[Read sūtra 2.2.13 above]
The meaning is that the attribution of multiplicity is due to the divergence of effects.—13.