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Sāṅkhya Kārikā / Verses 56–68, the end / 66
दृष्टा मयेत्युपेक्षक एको दृष्टाहमित्युपरमत्यन्या सति संयोगेऽपि तयोः प्रयोजनं नास्ति सर्गस्य
dṛṣṭā mayety upekṣaka eko dṛṣṭāham ity uparamaty anyā sati saṃyoge 'pi tayoḥ prayojanaṃ nāsti sargasya
The line
The one, a mere looker-on, says 'she has been seen by me.' The other ceases, saying 'I have been seen.' Even while their conjunction remains, there is no purpose for creation.
नेपालीमा
केवल हेरिरहने एउटाले उसलाई मैले देखेँ भन्छ, र अर्को म देखिएँ भन्दै रोकिन्छे। संयोग रहँदा पनि सृष्टिको प्रयोजन हुँदैन।
Where it sits
What remains is a body already in motion. Verse 67 compares it to a wheel that keeps turning from the force already in it.
Split: dṛṣṭā (दृष्टा) + mayā (मया) + iti (इति) + upekṣakaḥ (उपेक्षकः) + ekaḥ (एकः) + dṛṣṭā (दृष्टा) + aham (अहम्) + iti (इति) + uparamati (उपरमति) + anyā (अन्या) + sati (सति) + saṃyoge (संयोगे) + api (अपि) + tayoḥ (तयोः) + prayojanam (प्रयोजनम्) + na (न) + asti (अस्ति) + sargasya (सर्गस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dṛṣṭā mayā iti (दृष्टा मया इति) | quotation | 'she has been seen by me.' The person. mayā (मया) is instrumental, by me. |
| upekṣakaḥ (उपेक्षकः) | nominative singular, masculine | one who looks on with indifference. upekṣā (उपेक्षा) is the not-meddling look. |
| ekaḥ (एकः) | nominative singular, masculine | the one. The person. |
| dṛṣṭā aham iti (दृष्टा अहमिति) | quotation | 'I have been seen.' Nature, feminine dṛṣṭā (दृष्टा). |
| uparamati (उपरमति) | present | she ceases. |
| anyā (अन्या) | nominative singular, feminine | the other one. Nature. |
| sati saṃyoge (सति संयोगे) | locative absolute | even while the conjunction is still there. sati (सति) is locative of sat (सत्), being. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| tayoḥ (तयोः) | genitive dual | of those two. |
| prayojanam (प्रयोजनम्) | nominative singular, neuter | a purpose, a use. |
| na asti (न अस्ति) | present | there is not. |
| sargasya (सर्गस्य) | genitive singular | of creation, for creation. |
The phrases
The conjunction does not have to snap like a rope for the creation to lose its reason. sati saṃyoge 'pi (सति संयोगेऽपि): even while the two are still joined, if the seeing is done, there is nothing left for a further sarga (सर्ग) to accomplish.
Two sentences in quotation, one from each side. You can hear verse 61's dṛṣṭāsmi (दृष्टास्मि) and the person's answer side by side.
Sanskrit in this line
A locative absolute, sati saṃyoge (सति संयोगे), is a clause of circumstance: 'the conjunction being so.' tayoḥ (तयोः) is the dual genitive, 'of the two,' the same dual you met as ubhayoḥ (उभयोः) in verse 21.
Say it back
Say both quoted sentences, and say whose mouth each is in.