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Viṃśatikā / All 22 verses / 12
षट्केन युगपद्योगात् परमाणोः षडंशता षण्णां समानदेशत्वात् पिण्डः स्यादणुमात्रकः
ṣaṭkena yugapadyogāt paramāṇoḥ ṣaḍaṃśatā ṣaṇṇāṃ samānadeśatvāt piṇḍaḥ syād aṇumātrakaḥ
The line
From simultaneous conjunction with a set of six, the atom has six parts. From six sharing one place, the lump would be a mere atom in size.
नेपालीमा
छको समूहसँग एकैसाथ संयोग हुँदा परमाणुका छ भाग हुन्छन्। छ वटा एउटै ठाउँमा परे भने डल्लो परमाणुजत्रै मात्र हुन्थ्यो।
Where it sits
Verse 11 said the atom is not established. This is the first reason, a dilemma. Verse 13 asks whose conjunction it would be, if the atom has no parts to join with.
Split: ṣaṭkena (षट्केन) + yugapad-yogāt (युगपद्-योगात्) + paramāṇoḥ (परमाणोः) + ṣaḍ-aṃśatā (षड्-अंशता) + ṣaṇṇām (षण्णाम्) + samāna-deśa-tvāt (समान-देश-त्वात्) + piṇḍaḥ (पिण्डः) + syāt (स्यात्) + aṇu-mātrakaḥ (अणु-मात्रकः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ṣaṭkena (षट्केन) | instrumental singular, neuter | by a group of six. |
| yugapad-yogāt (युगपद्-योगात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because of conjunction at one time. yugapad (युगपद्) is simultaneous. yoga (योग) is joining. |
| paramāṇoḥ (परमाणोः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the atom. |
| ṣaḍ-aṃśatā (षड्-अंशता) | nominative singular, feminine | six-partedness. aṃśa (अंश) is a part. -tā (-ता) makes the abstract. |
| ṣaṇṇām (षण्णाम्) | genitive plural, masculine | of six. The genitive plural of ṣaṣ (षष्) is ṣaṇṇām (षण्णाम्). |
| samāna-deśa-tvāt (समान-देश-त्वात्) | ablative singular, neuter | because of having the same place. -tvāt (-त्वात्) is 'because.' |
| piṇḍaḥ (पिण्डः) | nominative singular, masculine | the lump, the heap. |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | would be. |
| aṇu-mātrakaḥ (अणु-मात्रकः) | nominative singular, masculine | only the measure of one atom. |
The phrases
Two horns. If an atom meets six others at once, it has a side for each, so it has parts, so it is not the smallest. If the six occupy one and the same place, piling them up never grows a visible lump.
Either way the heap of partless atoms does not become the object you see.
Sanskrit in this line
Two ablatives of cause, yogāt (योगात्) and -tvāt (-त्वात्), each giving one horn. syāt (स्यात्) is the optative of a consequence, 'it would be.'
Say it back
Say the two horns. One of them gives the atom parts. The other keeps the lump tiny.