Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary
by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The Vaisheshika-sutra 2.2.29, 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 (‘above continued’) contained in Chapter 2—Of the Five Bhutas, Time, and Space—of Book II (of substances).
Sūtra 2.2.29 (Above continued)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of Vaiśeṣika sūtra 2.2.29:
ज चासिद्धं विकारात् ॥ २.२.२९ ॥
ja cāsiddhaṃ vikārāt || 2.2.29 ||
na—not; ca—and; asiddham—disproved, Vikārāt from change.
29. Nor is (the dependence of Sound upon a cause) disproved by its modifications.
Commentary: The Upaskāra of Śaṅkara Miśra:
(English rendering of Śaṅkara Miśra’s commentary called Upaskāra from the 15th century)
Lest it might be said that the possession of a cause is disproved in Sound by its very nature, so he says:
[Read sūtra 2.2.29 above]
From observing the loudness, softness, and other modifications, it should not be concluded that the possession of a cause by Sound is thereby disproved. For a loud or soft sound is perceived according to the hardness or softness of the beating of the drum with the drumstick, and the like; whereas the loudness, etc., (i.e., the intensity) of that which is made known, is not dependent on the loudness, etc., (i.e., the intensity) of that which makes it known. Hence from its undergoing modification according to the modification of the cause, it is inferred to be a product, and not something to be revealed only-—29.