anyatrābhāvācca na tṛṇādivat ..2.2.5..

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SUTRA II. 2. 5.

अन्यत्राभावाच्च न तृणादिवत्॥२.२.५॥

anyatrābhāvācca na tṛṇādivat ..2.2.5..

.. Anyatra, elsewhere, namely, elsewhere than in cows…. Abhavat, because of the absence. .. Cha, and, only. Na, not. .. Trinadivat, like grass, etc.

5. It is not like the transformation of grass, etc., (into milk, when eaten by a cow), because there is absence of such transformation in another place (namely, when eaten by a bull). — 178.

COMMENTARY

The word ‘Cha’, and, has the force of only. This argument of the Sankhyas is not sound. Because it is not natural for the grass to always transform itself into milk when eaten by an animal It is only when a female animal eats it that it is so transformed. When eaten by a male animal no such change is visible If it was natural for the grass to always change itself into milk, irrespective of the locality or the person absorbing it, then we shall see grass changing into milk even when lying at a quadrangle of a street But we do not see any such change. Therefore, it is not the natural quality of the grass to change itself into milk, but it is only when it comes in relation with a particular animal, that it is so changed. And here also it is the will of the Supreme Lord that brings about the change, not because an animal has eaten it.

It has been proved that Pradhana being inert has no self-initiated activity of her own. But even if we admit for argument’s sake, that she has such an activity, it will not help much the cause of the Sankhyas. The author shows this in the next Sutra.

SUTRA II. 2. 6.

अभ्युपगमेऽप्यर्थाभावात्॥२.२.६॥

abhyupagame’pyarthābhāvāt ..2.2.6..

… Abhyupagamepi, even if it be accepted. ..Artha, purpose .. Abhavat, because of the absence.

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