mṛdutvaṁ kaṭhinatvaṁ ca
mṛdutvaṁ kaṭhinatvaṁ ca
śaityam uṣṇatvam eva ca
etat sparśasya sparśatvaṁ
tan-mātratvaṁ nabhasvataḥ
The main characteristics of touch are softness, hardness, cold and heat. It is the tan-mātrā of air.
The characteristics of touch are described. The main characteristics (sparśatvam) of touch are softness, hardness, cold and heat. It is the tan-mātrā of air (nabhasvataḥ).
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cālanaṁ vyūhanaṁ prāptir
netṛtvaṁ dravya-śabdayoḥ
sarvendriyāṇām ātmatvaṁ
vāyoḥ karmābhilakṣaṇam
The distinctive qualities of air are its actions of moving, gathering, conjunction, leading sense objects to the sense organ and giving life to the senses.
The characteristics of air are described. It provides movement, as moving the branches of trees. It causes association, as in bringing grass together. It causes cohesion of an object as one unit. It brings the sense object such as sound, coldness or fragrance to the organ such as ear, skin or nose. It should be understood that movement, association and bringing the sense object to the sense are all particular types of conjunction (prapti). Air brings life to all the senses. These actions of air are its distinctive features (abhi lakṣaṇam).
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vāyoś ca sparśa-tanmātrād
rūpaṁ daiveritād abhūt
samutthitaṁ tatas tejaś
cakṣū rūpopalambhanam
From air, whose tan-mātrā is touch, under the influence of time, arose form. From form arose fire. The eye perceives form.
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dravyākṛtitvaṁ guṇatā
vyakti-saṁsthātvam eva ca
tejastvaṁ tejasaḥ sādhvi
rūpa-mātrasya vṛttayaḥ
O Devahūti! The qualities of form are providing shape, allowing perception through qualities, and allowing perception of size. It is the tan-mātrā of fire.
The qualities of form are described. It provided shape for objects (ākṛtitvam). It is perceived by secondary aspects (qualities) of the object (guṇatā). Sound is perceived independently. Perception of an invisible substance by touch also shows independence. Form however is not independent of qualities for its perception. It allows perception of an object’s size (vyakti-saṁsthātvam). It is the tan-mātrā of fire (tejastvam). These are its qualities (vṛttayaḥ).
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