Note 162 — Chapter X · THE VAIŚESHIKA OR AULÚKYA DARŚANA.[154]
Edward B. (Edward Byles) Cowell translation
Existence (sattá) is the genus of dravya, guṇa, and kriyâ. Dravya alone can be the intimate cause of anything; and all actions are the mediate (or non-intimate) cause of conjunction and disjunction. Some qualities (as saṃyoga, rúpa, &c.) may be mediate causes, but this is accidental and does not belong to the essence of guṇa, as many gunas can never be mediate causes.