________________ Verse 6-7 cause (nimitta karana) in modification of the substances is the substance-of-time (kala dravya). छहों द्रव्यों अपने-अपने स्वभाव को नहीं छोड़ते - The six substances (dravya) don't leave their own-nature (svabhava) - अण्णोण्णं पविसंता दिता ओगासमण्णमण्णस्स / मेलंता वि य णिच्चं सगं सभावं ण विजहंति // 7 // अन्योऽन्यं प्रविशन्ति ददन्त्यवकाशमन्योऽन्यस्य / मिलन्त्यपि च नित्यं स्वकं स्वभावं न विजहन्ति // 7 // अन्वयार्थ - [अन्योन्यं प्रविशन्ति ] वे एक-दूसरे में प्रवेश करते हैं, [अन्योन्यस्य] अन्योन्य को [ अवकाशम् ददन्ति ] अवकाश देते हैं, [मिलन्ति ] परस्पर (क्षीरनीरवत्) मिल जाते हैं, [अपि च] तथापि [नित्यं] सदा [स्वकं स्वभावं] अपने-अपने स्वभाव को [न विजहन्ति ] नहीं छोड़ते। These (six substances) enter into one another, provide room to one another, and mix with one another; still these do not leave their respective own-nature (svabhava). EXPLANATORY NOTE These six substances provide room to one another and stay together for a certain time, still these neither become one with the other, nor do their specific qualities transmute to another. To assume that one substance becomes the other is the fault called samkara. To assume 17
