Book 4 Chapter 2 - Of Tangible Atomic Products
Chapter 2 of Book 4 in the Vaisheshika Sutras from Wisdom Library.
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+ Add ShlokaSūtra 4.2.1 (Three-fold division of Earth, and other products)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 4.2 · Verse 4.2.1
तत्पुनः पृथिव्यादिकार्यद्रव्यं त्रिविधं शरीरेन्द्रियविषयसंज्ञकम् ॥ ४.२.१ ॥
tatpunaḥ pṛthivyādikāryadravyaṃ trividhaṃ śarīrendriyaviṣayasaṃjñakam || 4.2.1 ||
The aforesaid product-substance, Earth, etc., is, again, three-fold, under the names of body, sense, and object.
Sūtra 4.2.2 (Body is not a compound of five elements)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 4.2 · Verse 4.2.2
प्रत्यक्षाप्रत्यक्षाणां संयोगस्याप्रत्यक्षत्वात् पञ्चात्मकं न विद्यते ॥ ४.२.२ ॥
pratyakṣāpratyakṣāṇāṃ saṃyogasyāpratyakṣatvāt pañcātmakaṃ na vidyate || 4.2.2 ||
(Nothing exists, which is constituted by five elements, or) the body is not constituted by five elements, for the conjunction of things, perceptible and imperceptible, is imperceptible.
Sūtra 4.2.3 (Nor a compound of three elements)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 4.2 · Verse 4.2.3
गुणान्तराप्रादुर्भावाच्च न त्र्यात्मकम् ॥ ४.२.३ ॥
guṇāntarāprādurbhāvācca na tryātmakam || 4.2.3 ||
And by reason of the non-appearance of another attribute, it is not composed of three elements.
Sūtra 4.2.4 (Conjunction of various atoms, not denied)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 4.2 · Verse 4.2.4
अणुसंयोगस्त्वप्रतिषिद्धः ॥ ४.२.४ ॥
aṇusaṃyogastvapratiṣiddhaḥ || 4.2.4 ||
But a conjunction of atoms is not denied.—173.
Sūtra 4.2.5 (Body is two-fold: sexually produced, and asexually produced)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 4.2 · Verse 4.2.5
अणुसंयोगस्त्वप्रतिषिद्धः ॥ ४.२.४ ॥
aṇusaṃyogastvapratiṣiddhaḥ || 4.2.4 ||
Of these, the body is two-fold:—sex-born and not sex-born.
Sūtra 4.2.6 (A-sexual bodies, how produced)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 4.2 · Verse 4.2.6
अनियतदिग्देशपूर्वकत्वात् ॥ ४.२.६ ॥
aniyatadigdeśapūrvakatvāt || 4.2.6 ||
Because a-sexual bodies are formed by ultimate atoms inconstant in direction and place.
Sūtra 4.2.7 (A-sexual bodies, how produced—continued)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 4.2 · Verse 4.2.7
धर्मविशेषाच्च ॥ ४.२.७ ॥
dharmaviśeṣācca || 4.2.7 ||
And (the action of the ultimate atoms arises) from a particular dharma or virtue.
Sūtra 4.2.8 (Proof of their existence)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 4.2 · Verse 4.2.8
समाख्याभावाच्च ॥ ४.२.८ ॥
samākhyābhāvācca || 4.2.8 ||
Also because names or definitions exist.—177.
Sūtra 4.2.9 (A-sexual bodies, how produced.—continued)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 4.2 · Verse 4.2.9
संज्ञाया आदित्वात् ॥ ४.२.९ ॥
saṃjñāyā āditvāt || 4.2.9 ||
(The existence of a-sexual bodies is proved) from the primitiveness of the name.
Sūtra 4.2.10 (Conclusion: A-sexual bodies exist)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 4.2 · Verse 4.2.10
सन्त्ययोनिजाः ॥ ४.२.१० ॥
santyayonijāḥ || 4.2.10 ||
A-sexual bodies exist.
Sūtra 4.2.11 (Another proof that a-sexual bodies exist)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 4.2 · Verse 4.2.11
वेदलिङ्गाच्च ॥ ४.२.११ ॥
vedaliṅgācca || 4.2.11 ||
(The existence of a-sexual bodies is proved) also from the Brāhamaṇa portion of the Veda.