________________ Verse 78 परमाणु भिन्न-भिन्न जाति के नहीं होते हैं - The atoms (paramanu) are not of different classes - आदेसमेत्तमुत्तो धादुचदुक्कस्स कारणं जो दु / सो णेओ परमाणू परिणामगुणो सयमसद्दो // 78 // आदेशमात्रमूर्तः धातुचतुष्कस्य कारणं यस्तु / स ज्ञेयः परमाणुः परिणामगुणः स्वयमशब्दः // 78 // अन्वयार्थ - [यः तु] जो [ आदेशमात्रमूर्तः] आदेशमात्र (गुण-गुणी के संज्ञादि भेदों) से मूर्त है और [ धातुचतुष्कस्य कारणं] जो (पृथिवी आदि) चार धातुओं का कारण है [ सः] वह [ परमाणुः ज्ञेयः] परमाणु जानना [परिणामगुणः ] जो कि परिणामगुण (परिणमन स्वभाव) वाला है और [स्वयम् अशब्दः] स्वयं अशब्द है। That which is described as corporeal (murtika), and is the cause (harana) of the four elements - earth (prthivi), water (jala), fire (agni), and air (vayu) - is to be known as the atom (paramanu). It has the quality of modification (parinama) and, by itself, is without-sound (asabda). EXPLANATORY NOTE Both, distinction (bheda) and non-distinction (abheda), are admitted between the substance (dravya, guni) and the quality (guna), depending on the point-of-view. Neither the substance (dravya) nor the quality (guna) exists without the other; there is, thus, nondistinction (abheda) between these. But the two have distinction (bheda) from the point-of-view of designation (samjna), mark (laksana), purpose (prayojana), etc. The corporeal (martika) qualities (guna) of colour (varna), taste (rasa), smell (gandha) and touch 153
