Tarka-Saṃgraha / 23. The four, and cooking
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रूपादिचतुष्टयं पृथिव्यां पाकजमनित्यं च । अन्यत्रापाकजं नित्यमनित्यं च । नित्यगतं नित्यम् । अनित्यगतमनित्यम् rūpādicatuṣṭayaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pākajam anityaṃ ca | anyatrāpākajaṃ nityam anityaṃ ca | nityagataṃ nityam | anityagatam anityam
The line
In earth, the four beginning with color are born of cooking and are non-eternal. Elsewhere they are not born of cooking, and they are eternal or non-eternal as their bearer is.
नेपालीमा
पृथ्वीमा रूपदेखि सुरु हुने चार गुण पाकबाट जन्मिन्छन् र अनित्य छन्। अन्यत्र तिनीहरू पाकबाट जन्मिँदैनन्, र आश्रय जस्तो नित्य वा अनित्य हो त्यस्तै हुन्छन्।
Where it sits
Number begins the qualities that are not tied to one outer sense. 24.
Split: rūpa-ādi-catuṣṭayam (रूप-आदि-चतुष्टयम्) + pṛthivyām (पृथिव्याम्) + pākajam (पाकजम्) + anityam (अनित्यम्) + ca (च) + anyatra (अन्यत्र) + apākajam (अपाकजम्) + nityam (नित्यम्) + anityam (अनित्यम्) + ca (च) + nitya-gatam (नित्य-गतम्) + nityam (नित्यम्) + anitya-gatam (अनित्य-गतम्) + anityam (अनित्यम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| rūpa-ādi-catuṣṭayam (रूप-आदि-चतुष्टयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | The quartet beginning with color: color, taste, smell, and touch. |
| pṛthivyām (पृथिव्याम्) | locative singular | In earth. |
| pākajam (पाकजम्) | nominative singular, neuter | Born of cooking, of a chemical ripening. |
| anityam (अनित्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | Non-eternal. |
| anyatra (अन्यत्र) | indeclinable | Elsewhere. In water and fire, the substances that have any of the four. |
| apākajam (अपाकजम्) | nominative singular, neuter | Not born of cooking. |
| nityam anityam ca (नित्यमनित्यम् च) | eternal and non-eternal | The file had written nityam antyam (नित्यमन्त्यम्). The sitting reads anityam (अनित्यम्). |
| nityagatam nityam (नित्यगतम् नित्यम्) | what is in the eternal is eternal | The color of an atom stays while the atom stays. |
| anityagatam anityam (अनित्यगतमनित्यम्) | what is in the non-eternal is non-eternal | The color of a pot perishes with the pot. |
The phrases
Earth's color, taste, smell, and touch are produced by cooking, and they perish.
Elsewhere those qualities are not produced by cooking. If they qualify an atom they are eternal. If they qualify a product they are not.
Sanskrit in this line
Rūpa (रूप) plus ādi (आदि) is rūpādi (रूपादि).
Anyatra (अन्यत्र) plus apākajam (अपाकजम्) is anyatrāpākajam (अन्यत्रापाकजम्).
Say it back
Say what happens to color in earth, and what the rule is elsewhere.