Aptamimansa Critique of an Authority Bhasya

Author(s): Samantbhadracharya, Akalankadev, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: Jagruti Dilip Sheth Dr

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CRITIQUE OF AN AUTHORITY
A substance and its mode are one with each other insofar as they are invariably found to go together, insofar as a substance is found to undergo transformation that is peculiar to itself, insofar as a substance is a possessor of such capacities as it is found to exercise. On the other hand, they are also different from each other insofar as they have got different designations, different numerical properties, different definitions, different utilities, and so on and so forth; however, they are not different from each other in an absolute fashion. (71-72)
Note : The translation follows Vasunandin. According to the Astasahasri, the only reason why a substance and its mode are one with each other is that they are invariably found to go together, all the rest are, according to it, the reasons why they are different from each other. Moreover, the Așțasahasri takes the phrase 'pariņāmaviseșāt' to mean 'insofar as a substance is characterized one way, its mode another way'.
यत् प्रतिभासभेदेऽपि अव्यतिरिक्तं तत् एकम्, यथा वेद्यवेदकज्ञानं रूपादिद्रव्यं वा मेचकज्ञानं वा । तथा च द्रव्यपर्यायौ न व्यतिरिच्यते, तदन्यतरापाये अर्थस्यानुपपत्तेः । उपयोगविशेषात् रूपादिज्ञाननिर्भासभेदः स्वविषयैकत्वं न वै निराकरोति, सामग्रीभेदे युगपदेकार्थोपनिबद्धविशदेतरज्ञानवत् । तदेवं सति विरोधाधुपालम्भः चतुरस्रधियां मनो मनागपि न प्रीणयति, वर्णादेरप्यभावप्रसङ्गात् । एकत्वानेकत्वैकान्तौ नान्योन्यं विजयेते, भावस्वभावप्रतिबन्धात्। यत् परस्परविविक्तस्वभावपरिणामसंज्ञासङ्ख्याप्रयोजनादिकं तत् भिन्नलक्षणम्, यथारूपादि, तथा चद्रव्यपर्यायौ। विरुद्धधर्माध्यासास्खलगुद्धिप्रतिभासभेदाभ्यां वस्तुस्वभावभेदसिद्धेः । अन्यथाऽनानैकं जगत् स्यात्, तदभ्युपगमे प्रकारान्तरासम्भवात् ॥७१-७२॥ ॥ इत्याप्तमीमांसाभाष्यरूपायाम् अष्टशत्यां चतुर्थः परिच्छेदः॥
Comment on verses 71-72 In these verses Samantabhadra puts forward the Jaina position on the question of (i) the relation between a cause and its effect, (ii) the relation between a thing and its quality, (iii) the relation between a thing's universal features and its particular features. The point to be noted is that one and the same concept - viz. the concept of substancemode relationship - is here made the basis of the explanation of all the three relations in question. Thus (i) in the case of the relation between