न पूर्वाण्येष तेनेह न संसारवशं गतः । सहकारिकारणानामभावे यः प्रजायते ॥ २९ ॥
na pūrvāṇyēṣa tēnēha na saṁsāravaśaṁ gataḥ | sahakārikāraṇānāmabhāvē yaḥ prajāyatē || 29 ||
Translation
Nor has he former ones; so he has not come under the sway of the round of birth here. What is born where helping causes are absent
Word by word
- na
- nor
- pūrvāṇi
- former ones
- ēṣa
- he
- tēna
- so
- iha
- here
- saṁsāra
- of the round of birth
- vaśaṁ
- under the sway
- gataḥ
- has come
- sahakāri
- helping
- kāraṇānām
- causes
- abhāvē
- where are absent
- yaḥ
- what
- prajāyatē
- is born
Meaning
The first line closes the argument about action: no past deeds, no present ones, and so no saṁsāra, for saṁsāra is nothing but the working out of deeds. The second line begins a new principle, finished in the next verse. The commentary takes vv. 27-30 together.