आकाशादेव यो जातः स व्योमैवाऽमलं भवेत् । सहकारीणि नो सन्ति न कर्माण्यस्य कानिचित् ॥ १९ ॥
ākāśādēva yō jātaḥ sa vyōmaivā’malaṁ bhavēt | sahakārīṇi nō santi na karmāṇyasya kānicit || 19 ||
Translation
One who is born of space alone must be pure space; he has no helping causes, and no actions at all.
Word by word
- ākāśād
- (ākāśāt) of space
- ēva
- alone; indeed
- yō
- (yaḥ) one who
- jātaḥ
- is born
- sa
- (saḥ) he
- vyōma
- space
- amalaṁ
- pure
- bhavēt
- must be
- sahakārīṇi
- helping causes
- nō
- no
- santi
- he has
- na
- no
- karmāṇi
- actions
- asya
- he has
- kānicit
- at all
Meaning
The principle is that an effect is of the nature of its cause. What is born of clay is clay; what is born of space alone is space, spotless as space is. The commentary: whatever is born of space is pure like space, and this one has no actions that could help Death to kill him. Helping causes (sahakārin) are the conditions that work with a cause to produce an effect: parents, past deeds, the elements. He has none; space alone made him.