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दिग्भागभेदो यस्यास्ति तस्य एकत्वं न युज्यते छायावृती कथं वा अन्यो न पिण्डश् चेत् न तस्य ते
digbhāgabhedo yasyāsti tasya ekatvaṃ na yujyate chāyāvṛtī kathaṃ vā anyo na piṇḍaś cet na tasya te
The line
Oneness does not fit whatever has a division by directions. How, otherwise, do shadow and covering come to be? And if there is no lump, those two do not belong to it.
नेपालीमा
दिशाअनुसार भाग भएकोमा एकत्व मिल्दैन। नत्र छाया र ढाक्नु कसरी हुन्छन्? र डल्लो नभए ती दुई त्यसका हुँदैनन्।
Where it sits
Verses 12 to 14 refuse the partless atom and the heap. Verse 15 will refuse the opposite rescue, that the object is one single whole.
Split: dig-bhāga-bhedaḥ (दिग्-भाग-भेदः) + yasya (यस्य) + asti (अस्ति) + tasya (तस्य) + ekatvam (एकत्वम्) + na (न) + yujyate (युज्यते) + chāyā-āvṛtī (छाया-आवृती) + katham (कथम्) + vā (वा) + anyaḥ (अन्यः) + na (न) + piṇḍaḥ (पिण्डः) + cet (चेत्) + na (न) + tasya (तस्य) + te (ते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dig-bhāga-bhedaḥ (दिग्-भाग-भेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a split into portions of the directions. diś (दिश्) is a direction. bhāga (भाग) is a portion. |
| yasya (यस्य) | genitive singular | of which, whatever has it. |
| asti (अस्ति) | present, third person singular | there is. |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of that. |
| ekatvam (एकत्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | oneness. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| yujyate (युज्यते) | present passive, third person singular | fits, is logical. |
| chāyā-āvṛtī (छाया-आवृती) | nominative dual, feminine | shadow and covering, the two. chāyā (छाया) is shadow. āvṛti (आवृति) is a screening. |
| katham (कथम्) | indeclinable | how. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| anyaḥ (अन्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | another. Another account. Written vānyo (वान्यो). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. The file joins cenna (चेन्न) for cet na (चेत् न). |
| piṇḍaḥ (पिण्डः) | nominative singular, masculine | a lump. |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of that. |
| te (ते) | nominative dual | those two, shadow and covering. |
The phrases
If a thing has an east face and a west face, it is not one partless thing. Shadow and covering need that difference of face: one side in the light, one side blocked. If you deny the lump that could have faces, shadow and covering have nothing to belong to.
This is the visible version of verse 12. You can see that a cover blocks one side.
Sanskrit in this line
A dual, chāyāvṛtī (छायावृती) and again te (ते), keeps shadow and covering as a pair with one argument. cet (चेत्) marks the if-clause na piṇḍaḥ (न पिण्डः).
Say it back
What everyday fact needs a thing to have sides?