कारणानामभावेऽपि योदेति सहकारिता । तत्पूर्वकारणान्नाऽन्यत्सर्वेणेत्यनुभूयते ॥ २३ ॥
kāraṇānāmabhāvē’pi yōdēti sahakāritā | tatpūrvakāraṇānnā’nyatsarvēṇētyanubhūyatē || 23 ||
Translation
The helping that arises even where there are no causes is nothing other than its former cause: everyone experiences this."
Word by word
- kāraṇānām
- of causes
- abhāvē
- where there are no
- api
- even
- yā
- which
- udēti
- arises
- sahakāritā
- the helping
- tat
- its
- pūrva
- former
- kāraṇān
- (kāraṇāt) than cause
- na
- not
- anyat
- other
- sarvēṇa
- by everyone
- iti
- this
- anubhūyatē
- is experienced
Meaning
The commentary: the helpfulness that is supposed even in the absence of helping causes, that is, imagined because the effect would otherwise be impossible, is nothing other than the causes of the former world, desire, karma, impressions and ignorance; so no difference is established; this is everyone's experience.