2.2. Sahetu-aniccasutta Impermanent with Cause (SN 22:18; III 23)

Question 1

yo

Answer 1

the relative pronoun, here masculine singular as qualifying hetu and paccayo. It is completed in the main clause by the demonstrative pro-noun so.

Question 2

hetu

Answer 2

“cause”; paccayo: “condition.” While later systems of Buddhist thought distinguish between hetu as a primary cause and paccaya as a supporting condition, the suttas use the two words almost synonymously.

Question 3

uppādāya

Answer 3

“for the arising”; a dative of purpose.

Question 4

aniccasambhūtaṃ

Answer 4

“originating [from] the impermanent”; an ablative tappurisa compound, used as an adjective in apposition to rūpaṃ. In the compound anicca functions as a noun, “what is impermanent,” ablative in sense. Sambhūta is the past participle of sambhavati, “originates, comes to be.”

Question 5

kuto

Answer 5

“how?”; an interrogative.

Question 6

bhavissati

Answer 6

the future of bhavati, here showing possibility — “could be” — rather than future status, “will be.” See Perniola §274c.