2.14
ते ह्लादपरितापफलाः पुण्यापुण्यहेतुत्वात्
te hlāda-paritāpa-phalāḥ puṇyāpuṇya-hetutvāt
The line
Those fruits are pleasure or pain, because their causes are merit and demerit.
नेपालीमा
ती फल सुख वा दुःख हुन्, किनकि तिनीहरूका कारण पुण्य र अपुण्य हुन्।
Where it sits
2.13 named the ripening. This line refuses to let “experience” sound neutral. It lands as pleasure or as pain, according to the cause. 2.15 will go further: for the discerning, the whole of it is suffering, pleasant fruit included.
Split: te (ते) + hlāda (ह्लाद) + paritāpa (परिताप) + phalāḥ (फलाः) + puṇya (पुण्य) + apuṇya (अपुण्य) + hetutvāt (हेतुत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| te (ते) | nominative plural, masculine | those. The three fruits of 2.13. |
| hlāda (ह्लाद) | stem | delight, a glad thrilling. |
| paritāpa (परिताप) | stem | torment, burning pain. |
| phalāḥ (फलाः) | nominative plural, masculine | having those as their fruits. A description of the three. |
| puṇya (पुण्य) | stem | merit. |
| apuṇya (अपुण्य) | stem | demerit. |
| hetutvāt (हेतुत्वात्) | ablative singular | because of being the cause. Because merit and demerit are the causes. |
The phrases
te (ते) is the three: birth, life-span, experience. hlāda-paritāpa-phalāḥ (ह्लादपरितापफलाः) says their fruits are delight or torment. puṇyāpuṇya-hetutvāt (पुण्यापुण्यहेतुत्वात्) is the reason, ablative: because the causes are merit and demerit. puṇya (पुण्य) + apuṇya (अपुण्य) is a (अ) + a (अ) = ā (आ).
Sanskrit in this line
-tvāt (त्वात्) is the ablative of a state, from 1.22, “because of being.” Here the state is “being the cause.” The dvandva puṇyāpuṇya (पुण्यापुण्य) is “merit and demerit,” one word, as kliṣṭākliṣṭa (क्लिष्टाक्लिष्ट) was one word.
Say it back
Say the two fruits and the because. The because is the ending -tvāt (त्वात्).