Tarka-Saṃgraha / 41. Which cause is the instrument
41
तदेतत् त्रिविधकारणमध्ये यदसाधारणं कारणं तदेव करणम् tad etat trividhakāraṇamadhye yad asādhāraṇaṃ kāraṇaṃ tad eva karaṇam
The line
Among these three kinds of cause, the cause that is uncommon is the very thing that is the instrument.
नेपालीमा
यी तीन प्रकारका कारणमध्ये असाधारण कारण नै करण हो।
Where it sits
Perception can now be defined. 42. The instrument of perceptual knowing will turn out to be the sense.
Split: tat (तत्) + etat (एतत्) + trividha-kāraṇa-madhye (त्रिविध-कारण-मध्ये) + yat (यत्) + asādhāraṇam (असाधारणम्) + kāraṇam (कारणम्) + tat (तत्) + eva (एव) + karaṇam (करणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tat etat (ततेतत्) | that, this | Pointing back at the three causes of 40. |
| trividha-kāraṇa-madhye (त्रिविध-कारण-मध्ये) | locative singular | Among the three kinds of cause. |
| yat asādhāraṇam kāraṇam (यतसाधारणम् कारणम्) | which cause is uncommon | The cause peculiar to this effect. The word from 37. |
| tat eva karaṇam (ततेव करणम्) | just that is the instrument | The instrument is that one. |
The phrases
The primer defined the instrument first, then the cause, then the three causes, and now it ties the knot.
Sanskrit in this line
Tat (तत्) plus etat (एतत्) stand side by side. Madhye (मध्ये) is the locative of madhya (मध्य), in the middle, among.
Say it back
Say which of the three causes gets the name karaṇa (करण).