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Viṃśatikā / All 22 verses / 15
एकत्वे न क्रमेण इति युगपत् न ग्रहाग्रहौ विच्छिन्नानेकवृत्तिश् च सूक्ष्मानीक्षा च नो भवेत्
ekatve na krameṇa iti yugapat na grahāgrahau vicchinnānekavṛttiś ca sūkṣmānīkṣā ca no bhavet
The line
In the case of oneness there is no going by steps, no simultaneous grasping and not-grasping, no turning up in many separated places, and no beholding of the subtle.
नेपालीमा
एकत्वमा क्रमशः जाने कुरा हुँदैन, एकसाथ ग्रहण र नग्रहण हुँदैन, छुट्टिएका धेरै ठाउँमा देखा पर्ने कुरा हुँदैन, र सूक्ष्मको दर्शन हुँदैन।
Where it sits
The atom failed in verses 12 to 14. The single whole fails here. Verse 16 moves to a new objection: perception itself. The opponent says 'I see it, so it is there.'
Split: ekatve (एकत्वे) + na (न) + krameṇa (क्रमेण) + iti (इति) + yugapat (युगपत्) + na (न) + graha-agrahau (ग्रह-अग्रहौ) + vicchinna-aneka-vṛttiḥ (विच्छिन्न-अनेक-वृत्तिः) + ca (च) + sūkṣmān-īkṣā (सूक्ष्मान्-ईक्षा) + ca (च) + no (नो) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekatve (एकत्वे) | locative singular, neuter | if it is one. Locative of the situation: in the case of oneness. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| krameṇa (क्रमेण) | instrumental singular, masculine | by steps, in sequence. |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes 'there is no motion step by step.' The file joins krameṇetir (क्रमेणेतिर्). |
| yugapat (युगपत्) | indeclinable | at one time. The file writes yugapanna (युगपन्न), t (त्) meeting na (न). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| graha-agrahau (ग्रह-अग्रहौ) | nominative dual, masculine | grasping and non-grasping, the two. You see the front and do not see the back. |
| vicchinna-aneka-vṛttiḥ (विच्छिन्न-अनेक-वृत्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | occurrence in many places that are cut off from each other. vicchinna (विच्छिन्न) is separated. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| sūkṣmān-īkṣā (सूक्ष्मान्-ईक्षा) | nominative singular, feminine | a beholding of the subtle. sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) is subtle. īkṣā (ईक्षा) is a seeing. With no bhavet (नो भवेत्), a single whole would leave no subtle part to be seen. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| no (नो) | indeclinable | not. The verse's negative with the optative: it would not be. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | would be, would happen. |
The phrases
Verse 11 said the object is not one. This verse says what you would lose if it were one whole with no parts. You could not walk across it. You could not see some of it and miss some of it at the same time. It could not be in separated places. The small would not be unseen inside the large.
The file runs the words together: krameṇetiryugapanna (क्रमेणेतिर्युगपन्न). Split krameṇa iti (क्रमेण इति), and yugapat na (युगपत् न).
Sanskrit in this line
ekatve (एकत्वे) is a locative used as 'given oneness.' The dual grahāgrahau (ग्रहाग्रहौ) is one yes and one no, at the same moment, which a partless single thing cannot support.
Say it back
Name two ordinary facts that a partless single object cannot allow.