Tarka-Saṃgraha / 30. Weight
30
आद्यपतनासमवायिकारणं गुरुत्वम् ।
पृथिवीजलवृत्ति ādyapatanāsamavāyikāraṇaṃ gurutvam |
pṛthivījalavṛtti
The line
Weight is the non-inherent cause of the first falling, and it occurs in earth and water.
नेपालीमा
गुरुत्व पहिलो पतनको असमवायी कारण हो, र पृथ्वी तथा जलमा हुन्छ।
Where it sits
A non-inherent cause is defined at 40. Fluidity is 31.
Split: ādya-patana-asamavāyi-kāraṇam (आद्य-पतन-असमवायि-कारणम्) + gurutvam (गुरुत्वम्) + pṛthivī-jala-vṛtti (पृथिवी-जल-वृत्ति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ādya-patana-asamavāyi-kāraṇam (आद्य-पतन-असमवायि-कारणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | The non-inherent cause of the first falling. |
| gurutvam (गुरुत्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | Weight. |
| pṛthivī-jala-vṛtti (पृथिवी-जल-वृत्ति) | nominative | Occurring in earth and water. |
The phrases
The first fall is the fall that does not come from an earlier impetus. Weight is why that fall happens.
Sanskrit in this line
Ādya (आद्य) plus patana (पतन) is ādyapatana (आद्यपतन).
Say it back
Say which fall weight explains, and the two substances.