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Viṃśatikā / All 22 verses / 10
तथा पुद्गलनैरात्म्यप्रवेशो हि अन्यथा पुनः देशना धर्मनैरात्म्यप्रवेशः कल्पितात्मना
tathā pudgalanairātmyapraveśo hi anyathā punaḥ deśanā dharmanairātmyapraveśaḥ kalpitātmanā
The line
Thus, indeed, there is entry into the selflessness of the person. Otherwise the teaching would be entry into the selflessness of dharmas (धर्म) by an imagined self.
नेपालीमा
यसरी नै व्यक्तिको नैरात्म्यमा प्रवेश हुन्छ। नत्र शिक्षा कल्पित आत्माद्वारा धर्महरूको नैरात्म्यमा प्रवेश हुन्थ्यो।
Where it sits
Verses 8 to 10 are why the sūtras (सूत्र) speak of objects at all. From verse 11 the book turns on the atom, which is the opponent's way of saving an external object.
Split: tathā (तथा) + pudgala-nairātmya-praveśaḥ (पुद्गल-नैरात्म्य-प्रवेशः) + hi (हि) + anyathā (अन्यथा) + punaḥ (पुनः) + deśanā (देशना) + dharma-nairātmya-praveśaḥ (धर्म-नैरात्म्य-प्रवेशः) + kalpita-ātmanā (कल्पित-आत्मना)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | in that way. By the teaching of verse 9. |
| pudgala-nairātmya-praveśaḥ (पुद्गल-नैरात्म्य-प्रवेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | entry into nairātmya (नैरात्म्य) of the pudgala (पुद्गल), the selflessness of the person. nairātmya (नैरात्म्य) is the abstract of nirātman (निरात्मन्), without a self. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed. |
| anyathā (अन्यथा) | indeclinable | otherwise. The file doubles hi (हि), hi hyanyathā (हि ह्यन्यथा). One hi (हि) is the word. |
| punaḥ (पुनः) | indeclinable | again, on the other hand. |
| deśanā (देशना) | nominative singular, feminine | the teaching. |
| dharma-nairātmya-praveśaḥ (धर्म-नैरात्म्य-प्रवेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | entry into the selflessness of dharmas (धर्म), of the momentary factors. |
| kalpita-ātmanā (कल्पित-आत्मना) | instrumental singular, masculine | by means of an ātman (आत्मन्) that is kalpita (कल्पित), imagined. |
The phrases
Teaching the fields as seed and appearance lets a hearer drop the person who would own them. That is the first entry, pudgala-nairātmya (पुद्गल-नैरात्म्य). If the Buddha had taught the selflessness of dharmas (धर्म) straight, the hearer would have done it by clinging to some imagined self who understands the teaching.
The two selflessnesses are in order. Persons first. Factors later, and not by way of a hidden ātman (आत्मन्).
Sanskrit in this line
The file writes hi hyanyathā (हि ह्यन्यथा). The second hi (हि) is a doubled syllable. The words are hi anyathā (हि अन्यथा). nairātmya (नैरात्म्य) is nis (नि) plus ātman (आत्मन्) plus the abstract -ya (-य).
Say it back
Which selflessness comes first, and what goes wrong if you start with the other?