Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary
by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The Vaisheshika-sutra 4.1.3, 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 (‘law of causation’) contained in Chapter 1—Of Atoms—of Book IV (of the origin of bodies).
Sūtra 4.1.3 (Law of Causation)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of Vaiśeṣika sūtra 4.1.3:
कारणभावात् कार्याभावः ॥ ४.१.३ ॥
kāraṇabhāvāt kāryābhāvaḥ || 4.1.3 ||
kāraṇa-bhāvāt—from existence in the cause; kāryabhāvāḥ—existence in the effect.
3. The existence (of colour, etc.) in the effect, (follows) from (their) existence in the cause.
Commentary: The Upaskāra of Śaṅkara Miśra:
(English rendering of Śaṅkara Miśra’s commentary called Upaskāra from the 15th century)
Now he states an argument or proof, to prove that there are colour, etc., in the ultimate atom:
[Read sūtra 4.1.3 above]
The existence of colour, etc., in the effect, is due to their existence in the cause. For the attributes of the effect result from the attributes of the cause, the same being observed in the case of the water-pot, canvas, etc. This is the meaning—3.