Note 180 — Chapter X · THE VAIŚESHIKA OR AULÚKYA DARŚANA.[154]
Edward B. (Edward Byles) Cowell translation
The Vaiśeshikas held that the jívátman and space are each an all-pervading substance, but the individual portions of each have different special qualities; hence one man knows what another is ignorant of, and one portion of ether has sound when another portion has not. Dr. Röer, in his version of the Bháshá-Parichchheda, has mistranslated an important Sútra which bears on this point. It is said in Sútra 26—
——athákáśaśaríriṇam, avyápyavṛittiḥ kshaṇiko viśesha-guṇa ishyate,
which does not mean "the special qualities of ether and soul are limitation to space and momentary duration," but "the special qualities of ether and soul (i.e., sound, knowledge, &c.) are limited to different portions and of momentary duration."