८.७: १३०.२०-परिमाणम्मानव्यवहारकारणम् । तच्चतुर्विधमणुमहद्दीर्घम्ह्रस्वम्चेति । तत्रमहद्द्विविधम्नित्यमनित्यम्च । नित्यमाकाशकालदिगात्मसुपरममहत्त्वमनित्यम्त्र्यणुकादावेव ।
Dimension is that which forms the basis of all measurement It is of four kinds : (1) Minute, (2) Large, {3} Long and (4) Short (vii-i- 8, 17)
The Large again is of two kinds : eternal and non-eternal* To the eternal kind belongs the highest extensiveness of the Akasha, Space, Time, and Self; while the non-eternal exists in the Triad and the rest . (vii-i-22 24, 25, 16)
८.७: १३०तथाचाण्वपिद्विविधम्नित्यमनित्यम्च। नित्यम्परमाणुमनस्सुतत्पारिमाण्डलुयम्। अनित्यम्द्व्यणुकएव । कुवलयामलकबिल्वादिषुमहत्स्वपितत्प्रकर्षभावाभावमपेक्ष्यभाक्तोऽणुत्वव्यवहारः ।
The Minute again is of two kinds—eternal and noneternal. The eternal is that in the Atom and in the Mind ; and this is what is known as ‘Parimandalya* (the atomic measure) . The noneternal is the Diad . (vii-1-11 13 17)
Though such things as the Lotus, the myrobolan fruit, the Bel and the like, are spoken of as minute and large, yet the idea of minuteness can be applied
to these only* indirectly (or figuratively), being based upon the existence in them of greater or less dimension as compared with something else.
८.७: १३१.२-दीर्घत्वह्रस्वत्वेचोत्पाद्येमहदणुत्वैकार्थसमवेते। समिदिक्षुवंशादिष्वंजसादीर्घेष्वपितत्प्रकर्षभावाभावमपेक्ष्यभाक्तोह्रस्वत्वव्यवहारः ।
Longness and Shortness cohere with such Largeness and Minuteness as are caused. In the case of such things as a piece of fuel, a sugar-cane and the bamboo, even though they are found to be distinctly long, yet they are figuratively spoken of as short in view of their greater or lesser length as compared with that of something else. ( vii-i-9, 10, 17)
८.७: १३१अनित्यम्चतुर्विधमपिसंख्यापरिमाणप्रचययोनि । तत्रेश्वरबुद्धिमपेक्ष्योत्पन्नापरमाणुद्व्यणुकेषुबहुत्वसंख्यातैरारब्धेकार्यद्रव्येत्र्यणुकादिलक्षणेरूपाद्युत्पत्तिसमकालम्महत्त्वम्दीर्घत्वम्चकरोति ।
Of the non-eternal Dimensions, all the four (the Long, the Short, the Large and the Small) are caused by (1) Number, (2) Dimension and (3) Aggregation,
(l) The plurality of number appears in the atoms and the diads, according to the will of God ; and when these atoms and diads bring about the effects in the shape of the triad and the like the said plurality creates in these a certain length and largeness, simultaneously with colour and the other qualities.
८.७: १३१द्विबहुभिर्महद्भिश्चारब्धेकार्यद्रव्येकारणमहत्त्वान्येवमहत्त्वमारभन्तेनबहुत्वम् । समानसंख्यैश्चारब्धेऽतिशयदर्शनात् ।
(2) In a case where the created object is caused by two large components, as also when it is caused by many large components, the largeness of the object is due to largeness of the component parts, and not to their plurality; as
even in a case -where the number of the components in two objects is the same, we find a difference in their magnitudes ( if there happens to a
difference in the volumes of the components of those objects).
८.७: १३१प्रचयतूलपिण्डयोर्वर्तमानःपिण्डारम्भकावयवप्रशिथिलसम्योगानपेक्षमाणैतरेतरपिण्डावयवसम्योगापेक्षोवाद्वितूलकेमहत्त्वमारभतेनबहुत्वमहत्त्वानि ।
(3.) As for Aggregation, we have it in the case where two balls of cotton are
rolled into a single ball,— where what the Conglomeration produces in this single double ball, is, not plurality and largeness, but largeness only, by means either of conjunctions of the loose particles composing the balls of cotton, or of the mutual conjunction of the particles of one ball with those of the other. We infer this from the fact that even in a case where the number, the largeness (or magnitude) and the dimension of the components of two objects are the same, there is yet a difference in the magnitudes of the objects themselves (ie in two objects where the conglomeration of particles is loose and closely compact.)
८.७: १३१समानसंख्यापलपरिमाणैरारब्धेऽतिशयदर्शनात्। द्वित्वसंख्याचाण्वोर्वर्तमानाद्व्यणुकेऽणुत्वमारभते । महत्त्ववत्त्र्यणुकादौकारणबहुत्वमहत्त्वसमानजातीयप्रचयेभ्योदीर्घत्वस्योपत्तिः ।
It is the duality of two atoms which produces the minuteness in the diad. In the triad, its length is produced, just like its largeness, by means of plurality, the
largeness and homogeneous conglomeration of its material came (the component molecules)* In the diad, shortness is produced, just like its
minuteness, through the duality of number.
८.७: १३१अणुत्ववद्द्व्यणुकेद्वित्वसंख्यातोह्रस्वत्वस्योत्पत्तिः । अथत्र्यणुकादिषुवर्तमानयोर्महत्त्वदीर्घत्वयोःपर्स्परतःकोविशेषःद्व्यणुकेषुचाणुत्वह्रस्वत्वयोरिति ।
Question : “What is the difference between largeness and length as belonging to triads, as also between minuteness and shortness belonging to diads.?*
८.७: १३१तत्रास्तिमहत्त्वदीर्घत्वयोःपरस्परतोविशेषह्,महत्सुदीर्घमानीयताम्दीर्घेषुचमहदानीयतामितिविशिष्टव्यवहारदर्शनादिति ।
Answer : There is a vast difference between the said largeness and length ; as is apparent from the fact that we find people, saying with regard to a large substance — “bring a long thing (and not this large one), and similarly with regard to the long thing—’bring the large thing ( and not this long one)’ —where a clear distinction is made between the two.
८.७: १३२.२-अणुत्वह्रस्वत्वयोस्तुपरस्परतोविशेषस्तद्दर्शिनाम्प्रत्यक्षैति। तच्चतुर्विधमपिपरिमाणमुत्पाद्यमाश्रयविनाशादेवविनश्यतीति ॥
As for the difference between minuteness and shortness, it is clearly perceptible to those ( yogis ) who are capable of directly perceiving them ( in the atom and the Diad} which are not perceptible to the ordinary man).
All these four kinds of Dimension are caused ; and as such, come to be destroyed on the destruction of their substratum.