Vaiśeṣikasūtra (another edition) · Chapter 1.1
athāto dharmaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ
yato 'bhyudayaniḥśreyasasiddhiḥ sa dharmaḥ
tadvacanādāmnāyasya prāmāṇyam
dharmaviśeṣa prasūtāt dravyaguṇakarmasāmānya viśeṣasamavāyānāṃ padārthānāṃ sādharmyavaidharmyābhyāṃ tattvajñānānniḥśreyasam
pṛthivyāpastejo vāyurākāśaṃ kālo digātmā mana iti dravyāṇi
ruparasagandhasparśāḥ saṃkhyāḥ parimāṇāni pṛthaktvaṃ saṃyogavibhāgau paratvāparatve buddhayaḥ sukhaduḥkhe icchādveṣau prayatnāśca guṇāḥ
utkṣepaṇamavakṣepaṇaṃ ākuñcanaṃ prasāraṇaṃ gamanamiti karmāṇi
sadanityaṃ dravyavat kāryaṃ kāraṇaṃ sāmānyaviśeṣavaditi dravyaguṇakarmaṇāmaviśeṣaḥ
dravyaguṇayoḥ sajātīyārambhakatvaṃ sādharmyam
dravyāṇi dravyāntaramārabhante guṇāśca guṇāntaram
karma karmasādhyaṃ na vidyate
na dravyaṃ kāraṇaṃ ca bhavati
ubhayathā guṇāḥ
kāryavirodhi karma
kriyāguṇavat samavāyikāraṇamiti dravyalakṣaṇam
dravyāśrayyaguṇavān saṃyogavibhāgeṣvakāraṇamanapekṣa iti guṇalakṣaṇam
ekadravyamaguṇaṃ saṃyogavibhāgeṣvanapekṣa kāraṇamiti karmalakṣaṇam
dravyaguṇakarmaṇāṃ dravyaṃ kāraṇaṃ sāmānyam
tathā guṇaḥ
saṃyogavibhāgavegānāṃ karma samānam
na dravyāṇāṃ karma
vyatirekāt
dravyāṇāṃ dravyaṃ kāryaṃ sāmānyam
guṇavaidharmyānna karmaṇāṃ karma
dvitvaprabhṛtayaḥ saṃkhyāḥ pṛthaktva saṃyoga vibhāgāśca
asamavāyāt sāmānyakāryaṃ karma na vidyate
saṃyogānāṃ dravyam
rūpāṇāṃ rūpam
gurutvaprayatnasaṃyogānāmutkṣepaṇam
saṃyogavibhāgāśca karmaṇām
kāraṇasāmānye dravyakarmaṇāṃ karmākāraṇamuktam
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