यदुपादाय पूर्वस्तु भावो विकुरुतेऽपरम् । आदिरन्तो यदा यस्य तत् सत्यमभिधीयते ॥ १८ ॥
yad upādāya pūrvas tu bhāvo vikurute ’param ādir anto yadā yasya tat satyam abhidhīyate
- yat
- which (form)
- upādāya
- accepting as the ingredient cause
- pūrvaḥ
- the previous cause (such as the mahat-tattva)
- tu
- and
- bhāvaḥ
- thing
- vikurute
- produces as transformation
- aparam
- the second thing (such as the element ahaṅkāra)
- ādiḥ
- the beginning
- antaḥ
- the end
- yadā
- when
- yasya
- of which (product)
- tat
- that (cause)
- satyam
- real
- abhidhīyate
- is called
A material object, itself composed of an essential ingredient, creates another material object through transformation. Thus one created object becomes the cause and basis of another created object. A particular thing may thus be called real in that it possesses the basic nature of another object that constitutes its origin and final state.