Book 10 Chapter 1 - Of the Attributes of the Soul
Chapter 1 of Book 10 in the Vaisheshika Sutras from Wisdom Library.
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WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.1 · Verse 10.1.1
इष्टानिष्टकारणविशेषाद्विरोधाच्च मिथः सुखदुःखयोर्थान्तरभावः ॥ १०.१.१ ॥
iṣṭāniṣṭakāraṇaviśeṣādvirodhācca mithaḥ sukhaduḥkhayorthāntarabhāvaḥ || 10.1.1 ||
In consequence of the difference of (their) causes, in the form of desirables and undesirables, and on account of (their) mutual opposition, Pleasure and Pain stand in the relation of objects different from each other.
Sūtra 10.1.2 (Pleasure and Pain are not forms of cognition)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.1 · Verse 10.1.2
संशयनिर्णयान्तराभावश्च ज्ञानान्तरत्वे हेतुः ॥ १०.१.२ ॥
saṃśayanirṇayāntarābhāvaśca jñānāntaratve hetuḥ || 10.1.2 ||
And the non-inclusion (of Pleasure and Pain) either in Doubt or in Certainty, is the mark that they are other than cognition.
Sūtra 10.1.3 (Pleasure and Pain are not form cognition—continued)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.1 · Verse 10.1.3
तयोर्निष्पत्तिः प्रत्यक्षलैङ्गिकाभ्याम् ॥ १०.१.३ ॥
tayorniṣpattiḥ pratyakṣalaiṅgikābhyām || 10.1.3 ||
The production thereof ( i.e ., of Doubt and Certainty) is by means of perception and inference.
Sūtra 10.1.4 (Pleasure and Pain are not forms of cognition—continued)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.1 · Verse 10.1.4
अभूदित्यपि ॥ १०.१.४ ॥
abhūdityapi || 10.1.4 ||
“(It) was”—such (modal distinction) also (establishes the difference between pleasure or pain and cognition.)—358.
Sūtra 10.1.5 (Pleasure and Pain are not forms of cognition—continued)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.1 · Verse 10.1.5
सति च कार्यादर्शनात् ॥ १०.१.५ ॥
sati ca kāryādarśanāt || 10.1.5 ||
Also (Pleasure and Pain are not forms of cognition), inasmuch as the effect, (pleasure or pain), is not observed, where (the antecedents of cognition) are present.
Sūtra 10.1.6 (Above continued: Causes of Pleasure and Pain)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.1 · Verse 10.1.6
एकार्थसमवायि कारणान्तरेषु दृष्टत्वात् ॥ १०.१.६ ॥
ekārthasamavāyi kāraṇāntareṣu dṛṣṭatvāt || 10.1.6 ||
(Pleasure and Pain are not form of cognition), because they are observed, when there exist other causes co-inherent in one and the same object, ( i.e ., the soul ).
Sūtra 10.1.7 (An objection answered)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.1 · Verse 10.1.7
एकदेशे इत्येकस्मिन् शिरः पृष्ठमुदरं मर्माणि तद्विशेषस्तद्विशेषेभ्यः ॥ १०.१.७ ॥
ekadeśe ityekasmin śiraḥ pṛṣṭhamudaraṃ marmāṇi tadviśeṣastadviśeṣebhyaḥ || 10.1.7 ||
The head, the back, the stomach, the vitals are in the parts of one and same (body); this their difference (results) from the differences thereof ( i.e ., of their causes).