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ABSENCE OF COMBINATION
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is of one, two, three, four, numerable, innumerable and infinite varieties. The dry property also is exactly so. There are atoms possessing these two properties. Greasiness is present in various degrees in water, goat's milk, cow's milk, buffalo's milk, camel's milk, ghee, etc. Dryness is present in various degrees in dust, a grain of dust, sand, etc. Similarly, it is inferred that in atoms also greasiness and dryness exist in various degrees.
The next sutra is intended to make an exception of undesirable degrees of the two properties of greasiness and dryness, lest the combination based on the two properties should be understood without distinction.
न जघन्यगुणानाम् Na jaghanyaguņānām
(34) 34. (There is) no combination between the lowest degrees of the two properties.
Jaghanyo means the lowest. Guo means degree. Those which possess the lowest degrees are the lowest degrees. There is no combination between atoms which are characterized by the lowest degree of greasiness or dryness. It is as follows. There is no combination of one degree of greasiness with one, two, numerable, innumerable or infinite degrees of greasiness. In the same manner, there is also no combination of one degree of greasiness with one, two, numerable, innumerable or infinite degrees of dryness. Similarly, it should be understood with regard to one degree of dryness.
If so it would imply indiscriminate combination among all degrees of greasiness and dryness other than those of the lowest degree. The next sutra is intended to mention further exceptions.
गुणसाम्ये सदृशानाम् Gunasāmye sadrśānām
(35) 35. (There is no combination) between equal degrees of the same property.
The term similar or of the same kind (sadrsa) indicates of the same class. The term 'the same degree' (gunasāmyam)
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