Sutra 4 1 21

Sutra 4_1_21

Original Text:

तत्कारितत्वादहेतुः

Word-by-Word Breakdown

Sanskrit Term	Transliteration	Hindi Meaning	English Meaning
तत्	tat	वह – पूर्व में उल्लिखित वस्तु	that (previously mentioned entity)
कारितत्वात्	kāritatvāt	कराए जाने की अवस्था के कारण	because of the state of being produced (by something)
अहेतुः	ahetuḥ	कारण न होने वाला	not a cause; non-causal

Concept List

• तत्कारितत्व (state of being produced by another)
• अहेतु (non-cause)

Subject–Verb–Object Triples

• तत्कारितत्व (state of being produced by another) – negates causality – अहेतु (non-cause)

Triple Tables

Hindi

विषय (S)	संबंध (V)	वस्तु (O)
तत्कारितत्व	कारणता को नकारता है	अहेतु

English

Subject (S)	Relation (V)	Object (O)
State of being produced by another	negates causality	Non-cause

Translation/Explanation

Hindi

यह सूत्र बताता है कि जो वस्तु स्वयं किसी अन्य के द्वारा उत्पन्न की गई है, वह कारण नहीं हो सकती। अर्थात्, किसी वस्तु का ‘तत्कारितत्व’ (किसी अन्य के द्वारा उत्पन्न होना) उसे ‘अहेतु’ (अकारण) बना देता है, अर्थात् वह स्वयं कारण नहीं है।

English

This sūtra states that an entity which is itself produced by something else cannot serve as a cause. In other words, the state of being produced by another (tatkāritatva) renders something a non-cause (ahetu); it is not itself a cause.