Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary
by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The Vaisheshika-sutra 8.2.3, 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 3 (鈥榮ubstance, attribute and action are called artha or object鈥�) contained in Chapter 2鈥擮f Doubly Presentative Cognition鈥攐f Book VIII (of ordinary cognition by means of conjunction or combination).
S奴tra 8.2.3 (Substance, Attribute and Action are called artha or object)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of 痴补颈艣别峁办补 蝉奴迟谤补 8.2.3:
啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぅ 啶囙い啶� 啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く啶椸啶｀啶班啶じ啷� 啷� 啷�.啷�.啷� 啷�
artha iti dravyagu峁嘺karmasu || 8.2.3 ||
补谤迟丑补岣�鈥攐产箩别肠迟; iti鈥攕耻肠丑; 诲谤补惫测补-驳耻峁嘺-karmasu鈥攊n respect of substance, attribute, and action.
3. (The 痴补颈艣别峁办补蝉 apply) the term, object, to Substance, Attribute and Action.
Commentary: The 鲍辫补蝉办腻谤补 of 艢补峁卥补谤补 惭颈艣谤补:
(English rendering of 艢补峁卥补谤补 惭颈艣谤补鈥檚 commentary called 鲍辫补蝉办腻谤补 from the 15th century)
He now begins another topic:
[Read 蝉奴迟谤补 8.2.3 above]
Of these, i.e., Substance, Attribute and Action, the characteristic of being sought after or apprehended (by the senses) or objectified in such and such ways, has been stated. Hence, 鈥�(It is) an object,鈥欌�攕uch is the terminology of the 痴补颈艣别峁办补 thinkers with regard to them, inasmuch as as they are presented by the term, object. Accordingly it has been said by Professor Prasastadeva, 鈥淭he characteristic of being denoted by the term, object, belongs to the three.鈥濃��3.