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[SŪ. 2. 2. 16. 346 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 2 ] Vedānta-kaustubha Since the effects are possessed of colour, etc., the atoms, too, are admitted to be possessed of colour and so on ¹ Thus, since the four kinds of atoms are possessed of colour and so on, i e possessed of colour, taste, smell and touch,—non-eternity, the “reverse” of eternity, results, as pots and the rest, possessed of colour and so on, are found to be non-eternal. If they be not admitted to be possessed of colour and the like, then the fact that the effects are possessed of colour and so on will come to be contradicted, and the initial proposition ‘Pos- sessed of parts and eternal’ too will come to be contradicted. For this reason too, there is the absence of that (viz. creation),—this is the meaning of the particle “and”. The sense is that an unseen object cannot be determined in accordance with what is seen Hence the cause of the world is to be understood in accordance with Scrip- ture. SŪTRA 16 “AND ON ACCOUNT OF FAULT IN BOTH WAYS ” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If the atoms be possessed of more numerous qualities,² then the earth, water, fire and air will become similar. If they be possessed of less numerous qualities,³ then, too, all the different kinds of atoms being connected with one quality each, the earth and the rest too, having qualities corresponding to their causes, must be connected with one quality each,—this “on account of fault in both ways”, there is indeed the absence of that (viz. creation). Vedānta-kaustubha For this reason also, the procedure admitted by the atomists is not possible. Why? Because whether the atoms be admitted to be possessed of more numerous qualities, or to be possessed of less numerous qualities, “in both ways”, too, there is fault. Since the 1 An effect can have no qualities which the cause has not. 2 I.e. every kind of atoms are possessed of the five qualities of colour and the rest. 3 I.e. each be possessed of its peculiar qualities