Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary
by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The Vaisheshika-sutra 6.1.7, 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 7 (‘impure explained’) contained in Chapter 1—Of Vedic Duties—of Book VI (of the investigation of dharma and a-dharma.).
Sūtra 6.1.7 (Impure explained)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of Vaiśeṣika sūtra 6.1.7:
दुष्टं हिंसायाम् ॥ ६.१.७ ॥
duṣṭaṃ hiṃsāyām || 6.1.7 ||
duṣṭaṃ—wickedness, impurity; hiṃsāyām—in killing.
7. Impurity (lies) in killing.
Commentary: The Upaskāra of Śaṅkara Miśra:
(English rendering of Śaṅkara Miśra’s commentary called Upaskāra from the 15th century)
Who are they that are called impure? Accordingly he states the characteristic of the impure.
[Read sūtra 6.1.7 above]
Here ‘hiṃsāyām’ is indicative of all prohibited acts whatever. The meaning, therefore, is that a person, given to or occupied in a prohibited act, should be known as impure.—7.