Book 10 Chapter 2 - Of Other Forms of Cognition
Chapter 2 of Book 10 in the Vaisheshika Sutras from Wisdom Library.
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WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.2 · Verse 10.2.1
कारणमिति द्रव्ये कार्यसमवायात् ॥ १०.२.१ ॥
kāraṇamiti dravye kāryasamavāyāt || 10.2.1 ||
“(It is the combinative) cause”—such (intuition and usage), with regard to Substance, (arise) from the combination of effect (in it).
Sūtra 10.2.2 (Substance is efficient cause also)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.2 · Verse 10.2.2
संयोगाद्वा ॥ १०.२.२ ॥
saṃyogādvā || 10.2.2 ||
And, through conjunction, (Substance becomes the efficient or conditional cause also).
Sūtra 10.2.3 (Actions are non-combinative causes)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.2 · Verse 10.2.3
संयोगाद्वा ॥ १०.२.३ ॥
kāraṇe samavāyāt karmāṇi || 10.2.3 ||
Through combination in the (combinative) cause, Actions (are non-combinarive causes).
Sūtra 10.2.4 (Certain Attributes are non-combinative causes,...)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.2 · Verse 10.2.4
तथा रूपे कारणैकार्थसमवायाच्च ॥ १०.२.४ ॥
tathā rūpe kāraṇaikārthasamavāyācca || 10.2.4 ||
So also in Colour (there is non-combinative causality) through combination in the same object with the cause.
Sūtra 10.2.5 (Conjunction is a non-combinative cause)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.2 · Verse 10.2.5
कारणसमवायात् संयोगः पटस्य ॥ १०.२.५ ॥
kāraṇasamavāyāt saṃyogaḥ paṭasya || 10.2.5 ||
Through combination in the (combinative) cause, Conjunction (is a non-combinative cause) of the cloth.
Sūtra 10.2.6 (Above continued)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.2 · Verse 10.2.6
कारणाकारणसमवायाच्च ॥ १०.२.६ ॥
kāraṇākāraṇasamavāyācca || 10.2.6 ||
And, through combination in the cause of the cause, (conjunction becomes a non-combinative cause by means of the major proximity) also.
Sūtra 10.2.7 (Efficient causes declared)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.2 · Verse 10.2.7
संयुक्तसमवायादग्नेर्वैशेषिकम् ॥ १०.२.७ ॥
saṃyuktasamavāyādagnervaiśeṣikam || 10.2.7 ||
The distinctive attribute of Fire, ( i.e ., heat), (becomes an efficient cause), through combination in the conjunct.
Sūtra 10.2.8 (Observances produce adṛṣṭa as their fruit,...)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.2 · Verse 10.2.8
दृष्टानां दृष्टप्रयोजनानां दृष्टाभावे प्रयोगो ऽभ्युदयाय ॥ १०.२.८ ॥
dṛṣṭānāṃ dṛṣṭaprayojanānāṃ dṛṣṭābhāve prayogo 'bhyudayāya || 10.2.8 ||
The performance of acts of observed utility and of acts the purpose whereof has been taught (in the sacred writings), is, for the production of adṛṣṭa , (as these teachings are authoritatvrie [authoritative?] being the word of God in whom) the defects found in ordinary speakers do not exist.
Sūtra 10.2.9 (Authoritativeness of the Veda established)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 10.2 · Verse 10.2.9
तद्वचनादाम्नायस्य प्रमाण्यमिति ॥ १०.२.९ ॥
tadvacanādāmnāyasya pramāṇyamiti || 10.2.9 ||
The authoritativeness of the Veda (follows) from its being the W ord of God.