Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary
by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The Vaisheshika-sutra 6.1.9, 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 (‘entertainment of a pure brahmana is not sinful’) contained in Chapter 1—Of Vedic Duties—of Book VI (of the investigation of dharma and a-dharma.).
Sūtra 6.1.9 (Entertainment of a pure Brāhmaṇa is not sinful)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of Vaiśeṣika sūtra 6.1.9:
तददुष्टे न विद्यते ॥ ६.१.९ ॥
tadaduṣṭe na vidyate || 6.1.9 ||
tat—that, i.e., sin; a-duṣṭe—in the case of (entertaining) one who is not impure; na—not; vidyate—exists, accrues.
9. This does not accrue in the case of (entertaining) one who is not impure.—233.
Commentary: The Upaskāra of Śaṅkara Miśra:
(English rendering of Śaṅkara Miśra’s commentary called Upaskāra from the 15th century)
Does then sin accrue also from association with one who is not impure? He says, No.
[Read sūtra 6.1.9 above]
The meaning is that ‘tat,’ i.e., sin, ‘na vidyate,’ i.e., does not accrue, where a Brāhmaṇa, whose conduct is in accordance with the precepts and prohibitions of the Śāstra, is entertained at a Śraddha [Śrāddha?]—9.