सम्बन्धः प्राक्तनेनाऽस्य न मनागपि कर्मणा । अस्ति वन्ध्यासुतस्येव तथाऽजाताकृतेरिव ॥ २० ॥
sambandhaḥ prāktanēnā’sya na manāgapi karmaṇā | asti vandhyāsutasyēva tathā’jātākṛtēriva || 20 ||
Translation
He has not the least connection with any past action, like the son of a barren woman, like one whose form was never born.
Word by word
- sambandhaḥ
- connection
- prāktanēna
- with any past
- asya
- he has
- na
- not
- manāg
- (manāk) the least
- api
- even
- karmaṇā
- action
- asti
- there is
- vandhyā
- of a barren woman
- sutasya
- the son
- iva
- like
- tathā
- and
- ajāta
- never born
- ākṛtēr
- (ākṛteḥ) one whose form was
Meaning
One who never was born cannot have deeds from before his birth. The commentary: as the son of a barren woman, or one whose shape never came into being, has no tie with past action, so this brahmin has none at all. The argument is about past lives: there was no earlier body in which deeds could be done, so none can ripen now.