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Viṃśatikā / All 22 verses / 7
कर्मणो वासनान्यत्र फलमन्यत्र कल्प्यते तत्रैव नेष्यते यत्र वासना किं नु कारणम्
karmaṇo vāsanānyatra phalam anyatra kalpyate tatraiva neṣyate yatra vāsanā kiṃ nu kāraṇam
The line
The impression of karma (कर्म) is imagined in one place and the fruit in another. What is the reason the fruit is not accepted right where the impression is?
नेपालीमा
कर्मको संस्कार एक ठाउँमा कल्पिन्छ र फल अर्को ठाउँमा। फल संस्कार भएकै ठाउँमा नमान्नुको कारण के हो?
Where it sits
Verse 6 asked for a transformation of cognition. Verse 7 says the other picture splits one causal story across two places. Verse 8 will explain why the Buddha nevertheless talked about objects.
Split: karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) + vāsanā (वासना) + anyatra (अन्यत्र) + phalam (फलम्) + anyatra (अन्यत्र) + kalpyate (कल्प्यते) + tatra (तत्र) + eva (एव) + na (न) + iṣyate (इष्यते) + yatra (यत्र) + vāsanā (वासना) + kim (किम्) + nu (नु) + kāraṇam (कारणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) | genitive singular, neuter | of karma (कर्म). |
| vāsanā (वासना) | nominative singular, feminine | the impression, the trace left in the stream. |
| anyatra (अन्यत्र) | indeclinable | elsewhere. |
| phalam (फलम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the fruit. |
| anyatra (अन्यत्र) | indeclinable | elsewhere. A second elsewhere. |
| kalpyate (कल्प्यते) | present passive, third person singular | is imagined, is constructed. |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | itself, in that very place. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| iṣyate (इष्यते) | present passive, third person singular | is accepted. |
| yatra (यत्र) | indeclinable | where. |
| vāsanā (वासना) | nominative singular, feminine | the impression. |
| kim (किम्) | indeclinable | what, why. |
| nu (नु) | indeclinable | indeed. A questioning particle. |
| kāraṇam (कारणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the cause, the reason. |
The phrases
Two anyatras (अन्यत्र). The impression is put in the stream. The fruit is put out in a world of objects. The question is why the fruit is not the cognition, right where the vāsanā (वासना) sits.
tatra eva yatra vāsanā (तत्र एव यत्र वासना) is 'in the very place where the impression is.'
Sanskrit in this line
The pair yatra (यत्र) / tatra (तत्र) is where / there. eva (एव) locks tatra (तत्र) to that where.
Say it back
Where is the vāsanā (वासना), and where is the fruit being put?