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Vaiśeṣika Sūtra 2.2.29

Vaiśeṣikasūtra 2.2.29

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2.2.29

guṇasya sato 'pavargaḥ karmabhiḥ sādharmyam |

guṇasya—of Attribute; sataḥ—being; apavargaḥ—speedy destruction; karmabhiḥ—with Actions; sādharmmyam—resemblance.

Nandalal Sinha 1911, The Vaiśeṣika Sūtras of Kaṇāda, with the Commentary of Śaṅkara Miśra (Sacred Books of the Hindus 6)

25. The resemblance (of Sound), although it is an Attribute, with Actions, consists in its speedy destruction.

Nandalal Sinha 1911, The Vaiśeṣika Sūtras of Kaṇāda, with the Commentary of Śaṅkara Miśra (Sacred Books of the Hindus 6)

‘Apavargaḥ’ means speedy destruction. And this, even in the case of Attribute-ness, is dependent upon the incidence of a rapidly appearing destroyer, in the same way as duality, etc., are. This constitutes only its resemblance to Actions, and not its Action-ness. The quality of undergoing rapid destruction which you (i.e., the objector) advance as as an argument, is not one-pointed i.e., multifarious, because it is found in Duality, Knowledge, Pleasure, Pain, etc., as well. This is the import.—25.

Nandalal Sinha 1911, The Vaiśeṣika Sūtras of Kaṇāda, with the Commentary of Śaṅkara Miśra (Sacred Books of the Hindus 6)

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