Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary
by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The Vaisheshika-sutra 5.1.9, 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 9 (‘above continued’) contained in Chapter 1—Of Voluntary Action—of Book V (of investigation of action).
Sūtra 5.1.9 (Above continued)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of Vaiśeṣika sūtra 5.1.9:
आत्मकर्म हस्तसंयोगाच्च ॥ ५.१.६ ॥
ātmakarma hastasaṃyogācca || 5.1.6 ||
prayatna-viśeṣāt—from a particular volition; nodana-viśeṣaḥ—particular molecular movement or impulse.
9.Particular molecular movement (results) from particular vol ition.
Commentary: The Upaskāra of Śaṅkara Miśra:
(English rendering of Śaṅkara Miśra’s commentary called Upaskāra from the 15th century)
But whence is particular molecular movement itself produced? He gives the answer:
[Read sūtra 5.1.9 above]
Particular volition is caused by the desire “I will throw sideward, upward, far, or near.” By this, particular nodana or molecular movement is produced, from which upward or sideward motion is possible produced in a substance possessing gravity, e.g., a stone, etc.—9.