Tarka-Saṃgraha / 75. The trace
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संस्कारस् त्रिविधः वेगो भावना स्थितिस्थापकश् चेति । वेगः पृथिव्यादिचतुष्टयमनोवृत्तिः । अनुभवजन्या स्मृतिहेतुर् भावना आत्ममात्रवृत्तिः । अन्यथाकृतस्य पुनस् तदवस्थापादकः स्थितिस्थापकः कटादिपृथिवीवृत्तिः saṃskāras trividhaḥ vego bhāvanā sthitisthāpakaś ceti | vegaḥ pṛthivyādicatuṣṭayamanovṛttiḥ | anubhavajanyā smṛtihetur bhāvanā ātmamātravṛttiḥ | anyathākṛtasya punas tadavasthāpādakaḥ sthitisthāpakaḥ kaṭādipṛthivīvṛttiḥ
The line
The trace is of three kinds: impetus, the impression, and the restorer of position. Impetus occurs in the four elements and the mind. The impression is born of experience, causes memory, and occurs in the self alone. The restorer of position brings back what was put otherwise, and it occurs in earth such as straw.
नेपालीमा
संस्कार तीन प्रकारको हुन्छ, वेग, भावना र स्थितिस्थापक। वेग चार भूत र मनमा हुन्छ, भावना अनुभवबाट जन्मिन्छ, स्मृति गराउँछ र आत्मामा मात्र हुन्छ, र स्थितिस्थापकले अन्यथा राखिएकोलाई फर्काउँछ तथा पराल जस्ता पृथ्वीमा हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Memory at 34 was the knowing born of the trace alone. This paragraph names that trace bhāvanā (भावना). The qualities are finished. Action, promised at 5, is defined at 76.
Split: saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) + trividhaḥ (त्रिविधः) + vegaḥ (वेगः) + bhāvanā (भावना) + sthiti-sthāpakaḥ (स्थिति-स्थापकः) + ca (च) + iti (इति) + vegaḥ (वेगः) + pṛthivī-ādi-catuṣṭaya-manas-vṛttiḥ (पृथिवी-आदि-चतुष्टय-मनस्-वृत्तिः) + anubhava-janyā (अनुभव-जन्या) + smṛti-hetuḥ (स्मृति-हेतुः) + bhāvanā (भावना) + ātma-mātra-vṛttiḥ (आत्म-मात्र-वृत्तिः) + anyathā-kṛtasya (अन्यथा-कृतस्य) + punar (पुनर्) + tat-avasthā-pādakaḥ (तत्-अवस्था-पादकः) + sthiti-sthāpakaḥ (स्थिति-स्थापकः) + kaṭa-ādi-pṛthivī-vṛttiḥ (कट-आदि-पृथिवी-वृत्तिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) | nominative singular, masculine | The trace. The last of the twenty-four. Heard saṃskāras (संस्कार) before trividhaḥ (त्रिविधः). |
| vegaḥ (वेगः) | nominative singular, masculine | Impetus. Occurs in the four elements and the mind. It is why a thrown thing keeps moving. |
| bhāvanā (भावना) | nominative singular, feminine | The impression. Born of experience, the cause of memory, and occurring in the self alone. |
| sthiti-sthāpakaḥ (स्थिति-स्थापकः) | nominative singular, masculine | The restorer of position. What brings a thing back to the state it was bent out of. In straw and the like, which are earth. The spring of a bow. |
The phrases
Three traces. One keeps a motion going. One keeps a knowing available as memory. One returns a bent thing toward the shape it had.
Sanskrit in this line
Sthiti (स्थिति) plus sthāpaka (स्थापक) is sthitisthāpaka (स्थितिस्थापक), what establishes the standing.
Anubhava (अनुभव) plus janyā (जन्या) is anubhavajanyā (अनुभवजन्या), feminine agreeing with bhāvanā (भावना).
Say it back
Place each of the three traces: motion, memory, and the bow.