4.8
ततस् तद्विपाकानुगुणानामेवाभिव्यक्तिर् वासनानाम्
tatas tad-vipākānuguṇānām evābhivyaktir vāsanānām
The line
From that, only the impressions that match that ripening become manifest.
नेपालीमा
त्यसबाट त्यस परिपाकसँग मिल्ने संस्कार मात्र प्रकट हुन्छन्।
Where it sits
Why a particular life shows particular traces. 4.9 will say the traces are not broken by distance of birth, place, or time, because memory and impression have one form.
Split: tataḥ (ततः) + tat (तत्) + vipāka (विपाक) + anuguṇānām (अनुगुणानाम्) + eva (एव) + abhivyaktiḥ (अभिव्यक्तिः) + vāsanānām (वासनानाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tataḥ (ततः) | indeclinable | from that. From the action of 4.7. |
| tat (तत्) | stem | of that. |
| vipāka (विपाक) | stem | the ripening. |
| anuguṇānām (अनुगुणानाम्) | genitive plural | of those that match. Impressions whose quality follows that ripening. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only. |
| abhivyaktiḥ (अभिव्यक्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | manifestation. They become manifest. |
| vāsanānām (वासनानाम्) | genitive plural | of the impressions. The latent traces, a cousin of saṃskāra (संस्कार). |
The phrases
From that, only the impressions that match the ripening become manifest. vipāka (विपाक) + anuguṇa (अनुगुण) is a (अ) + a (अ) = ā (आ). eva (एव) + abhivyakti (अभिव्यक्ति) is a (अ) + a (अ) = ā (आ), recited evābhivyaktiḥ (एवाभिव्यक्तिः). Two genitive plurals: of the matching ones, of the impressions. The nominative is the manifestation.
eva (एव) is the restriction. Not all impressions manifest. Only the ones that fit the ripening that is underway.
Sanskrit in this line
Genitive plural twice, and eva (एव) “only” joined by sandhi to the nominative. vāsanā (वासना) is the impression as a scent that remains. You can hear saṃskāra (संस्कार) in the same job. The line uses vāsanā (वासना) from here through 4.11.
Say it back
Say which impressions manifest. The word eva (एव) is the restriction. Do not drop it.