4.9
जातिदेशकालव्यवहितानामप्यानन्तर्यं स्मृतिसंस्कारयोरेकरूपत्वात्
jāti-deśa-kāla-vyavahitānām apy ānantaryaṃ smṛti-saṃskārayor eka-rūpatvāt
The line
Even separated by birth, place, and time, there is continuity, because memory and impression have one form.
नेपालीमा
जन्म, ठाउँ र कालले छुट्याए पनि निरन्तरता रहन्छ, किनकि स्मृति र संस्कारको रूप एउटै हुन्छ।
Where it sits
4.8 said matching impressions manifest. This line says distance does not stop them. 4.10 says they are beginningless, because the wish to live is constant. 4.11 says they cease when cause, fruit, basis, and support cease.
Split: jāti (जाति) + deśa (देश) + kāla (काल) + vyavahitānām (व्यवहितानाम्) + api (अपि) + ānantaryam (आनन्तर्यम्) + smṛti (स्मृति) + saṃskārayoḥ (संस्कारयोः) + eka (एक) + rūpatvāt (रूपत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jāti (जाति) | stem | birth. |
| deśa (देश) | stem | place. |
| kāla (काल) | stem | time. |
| vyavahitānām (व्यवहितानाम्) | genitive plural | of those separated by birth, place, and time. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| ānantaryam (आनन्तर्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | continuity. An unbroken following. |
| smṛti (स्मृति) | stem | memory. |
| saṃskārayoḥ (संस्कारयोः) | genitive dual | of memory and impression. |
| eka (एक) | stem | one. |
| rūpatvāt (रूपत्वात्) | ablative singular | because of having one form. |
The phrases
Even when separated by birth, place, and time, there is continuity, because memory and impression have one form. api (अपि) + ānantarya (आनन्तर्य) is i (इ) + ā (आ) = yā (या), recited apy ānantaryam (अप्यानन्तर्यम्). The dual saṃskārayoḥ (संस्कारयोः) is memory and impression. The ablative eka-rūpatvāt (एकरूपत्वात्) is the because.
A memory of a past life is not a leap across a gap. Memory and the impression are the same form, so the separation of births does not cut the continuity.
Sanskrit in this line
Dual -yoḥ (योः) for memory and impression, exactly two. Ablative -tvāt (त्वात्) for the because. api (अपि) before a long vowel becomes apy (अप्य्). The genitive plural is the separated ones. Four jobs, four forms.
Say it back
Say the because. One form. Then what that continuity survives: birth, place, time.
Next
4.10. And they are beginningless, because the wish to live is constant.