Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary
by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The Vaisheshika-sutra 3.1.10, 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 (‘marks of inference—continued’) contained in Chapter 1—Of the Marks of Inference—of Book III (of soul and mind).
Sūtra 3.1.10 (Marks of inference—continued)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of Vaiśeṣika sūtra 3.1.10:
कार्यं कार्यान्तरस्य ॥ ३.१.१० ॥
kāryaṃ kāryāntarasya || 3.1.10 ||
kāryam—an effect; kāryāntarasya—of another effect.
10. One effect (may be the mark of inference) of another effect.
Commentary: The Upaskāra of Śaṅkara Miśra:
(English rendering of Śaṅkara Miśra’s commentary called Upaskāra from the 15th century)
Tte author of the aphorisms illustrates the co-inherent or co-existent mark.
[Read sūtra 3.1.10 above]
An effect e.g., Colour, is the mark of another effect, e.g., Touch. This is merely illustrative. Thus, that which is not an effect, e.g., the unity of Ether, is a mark of the individual separateness of Ether, and so in the case of its extreme largeness.—10.