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## Self-Time Statement of Authority
In this regard, the question should be asked of the Charvaka - this question can be asked - when these great elements combine, the power of consciousness-awareness is expressed, then does it manifest independently when these elements combine, or does it manifest dependently when they combine? What is the meaning of asking this, the solution is as follows - the power of consciousness of the five great elements is not capable of manifesting independently, that is, none of them can manifest consciousness, keeping that in mind, the proponent says, "Aṇṇaguṇāṇoceti" by this word, that these five great elements are not endowed with the quality of consciousness, but are endowed with other qualities. In other words, earth etc. have their own qualities, which are different from consciousness. To be the basis of matter, to be hard, is the quality of earth. The quality of water is fluidity or liquidity, the quality of fire is the power of digestion or digestion. The quality of air is movement - mobility, the quality of space is space - space or place. Or it can be said - those mentioned earlier, they are the qualities of earth etc., respectively, one by one, abandoning - abandoning smell etc. qualities. These qualities are distinct from consciousness. Thus, earth etc. elements have other qualities different from consciousness. The use of the word 'c' in this verse indicates the statement related to the second option. The Charvaka want to prove the origin of consciousness from earth etc., but the five great elements of earth etc. have their own qualities - other than consciousness. Thus, when none of the substances from earth etc. have the quality of consciousness, then the emergence of the quality of consciousness from their combination cannot be proved. This can be understood by the method of experiment or inference. The community of elements - the five great elements are independent, therefore they are taken as the Dharmipaksa, and the quality of those elements is not consciousness, this is the Sadhya Dharma. The qualities of earth etc. are different from consciousness, they are different, this is the reason. In the community or group of substances with other qualities, the unprecedented quality that is not already present in them, does not arise, for example, oil cannot be produced from the community of sand grains, which is endowed with the quality of smoothness. Similarly, pillars etc. cannot be produced from the community of pots and clothes. The quality of consciousness is visible - experienced in the body, it may be the quality of the soul, not of the five great elements.
To prove the same, the proponent presents another reason - the five senses of touch, taste, smell, sight, hearing, and cognition, which are the locations or causes, lack the quality of consciousness, they are devoid of consciousness. Then consciousness is impossible in the community of elements. The meaning here is - the Charvaka do not consider anyone else besides the senses as the seer - the one who sees, the one who knows. According to their theory, the senses are the seer or the knower. The materials that are the original causes of those senses are achitt - not cognitive or conscious. Therefore, the community of conscious elements - the five great elements cannot be their quality. The location - the original cause or the original cause of the senses is as follows - the location of the auditory sense is space, because the auditory sense is hollow - hollow or empty-rooted. The original cause of the olfactory sense or the nose is earth because it is earth-like in terms of vitality. The original cause of the eye is light or fire, because the eye is light-like or luminous. Similarly, the original cause of the taste sense is water and the original cause of the touch sense is wind.
1. What is transformed into the form of work is called the original cause, for example, the original cause of the pot is clay.