The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus c4.s1.14

c4.s1.14

*Formation of Wholes or Systems—Collocation of Reals.*—Creative transformation accompanied with evolution of motion (परिस्पन्द) and work done by Energy (क्रिया) cannot take place without a peculiar collocation of the Reals (Guṇas). To form wholes or systems (समुदय) it is essential that one Guṇa should for the moment be preponderant and the others co-operant. And this cannot be without an unequal aggregation which overthrows the original equilibrium (गुणवैषम्य, न्यूनाधिकभाव)—in other words, without unequal forces or stresses coming into play in different parts of the system. (गुणवैषम्यै—वाचस्पति। व्यक्तं सक्रियं परिस्पन्दवत् ... समुदयः समवायः। स च गुणानां गुणप्रधानभावमन्तरेण न सम्भवति। न गुणप्रधानभावो वैषम्यं विना। न च वैषम्यमुपमर्द्दोपमर्द्दकभावादृते।—वाचस्पति, कौमुदी on Káriká 16.)