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Sarvarthasiddhi
[$139 § 601. Because of being different from each other. If this form is considered to be different from the rasa etc., then the aggregate is also different from them. And the aggregate which is different from the rasa etc. and is not different from the form, how can it not be different from the rasa etc.? Therefore, only form is the aggregate. And one form cannot be an aggregate. Therefore, there is no aggregate. And due to the absence of the aggregate, there is also the absence of the aggregate of those who are different from it. Thus, there is the absence of everything. In the same way, it should be said with respect to rasa etc. Therefore, if one wants to accept the aggregate, then one must accept it as being different in some way.
§ 601. After describing the characteristics of the mentioned substances, it is established that the substance is the subject of that characteristic. Therefore, to indicate the substance that has not been mentioned, the next sutra says
Time is also a substance. ||39||
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It is. The explanation is as follows: If an aggregate of mutually different qualities is considered to be one and indivisible, then the absence of the aggregate and everything else is obtained, because those qualities are mutually different. The form is different from the rasa etc. Now, if their aggregate is considered to be indivisible, then the form which is different from the rasa etc. and the aggregate which is indivisible from it, how can it not be different from the rasa etc.? i.e. it will be. And thus, the aggregate is obtained as only form. But one form quality cannot be an aggregate, therefore, the absence of the aggregate is obtained. And due to the absence of the aggregate, there is also the absence of the aggregates which are different from it. Thus, there is the absence of the aggregate and everything else. In the same way, it should be said with respect to rasa etc. Therefore, if the aggregate is accepted, then it must be accepted as being different in some way.
Special Meaning - It has been said before that there is a substance with production, destruction, and permanence. Here, the characteristic of the substance is stated in a different way. In this, the substance is described as having qualities and their permutations. The point is that every substance is merely a mass of infinite qualities and their permutations that occur in sequence. Qualities are said to be pervasive everywhere and permutations are said to be exclusive. This means that those which maintain uniformity in the stream are called qualities and those which make it appear different are called permutations. In the jiva, there is never a break in the stream of knowledge etc., in the pudgala, there is never a break in the stream of form, rasa etc., in the dharma dravya, there is never a break in the stream of the cause of motion, in the adharma dravya, there is never a break in the stream of the cause of rest, in the akasha, there is never a break in the stream of the cause of penetration, and in the kala dravya, there is never a break in the stream of existence, therefore, they are the qualities of that particular substance. But those qualities do not remain the same forever. If the qualities of the eternal substances are left out, even then, a clear change is observed in the qualities of the jiva and the pudgalas at every moment. For example, the knowledge quality of the jiva is sometimes in the form of mati jnana and sometimes in the form of shruti jnana in the state of samsara. Therefore, these mati jnana etc. are the permutations of the knowledge quality. In the same way, it should be understood in other qualities as well. The substance always remains in these quality-like permutations, therefore, it is said to be having qualities and permutations. Nevertheless, qualities and permutations should not be considered completely different from the substance. Both of them together are the soul of the substance. This means that there is no independent substance apart from qualities and permutations. § 601. By indicating the characteristic of the previously mentioned substances, it is obtained that the substance is the subject of that characteristic. Therefore, to indicate the substance that has not been mentioned yet, the next sutra says
Time is also a substance. ||39||