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Grammatical Analysis
Vipākapaccaya: [m.] Kamma-result condition; Fruit condition. Formed by vipāka (result, ripening, fruit) + paccaya (condition).
Orthodox Definition
Vipāka-paccaya is the fourteenth of the 24 Conditions. While active kamma is full of effort, striving, and struggle, resultant states (vipāka) are characterized by absolute effortlessness and passivity.
When a resultant consciousness arises (like the pain of being burned or the pleasure of seeing a beautiful sight), all the mental factors arising alongside it are mutually supported by this effortless, passive quality. Because they are the quiet results of past actions, they do not have to struggle to perform their functions; they simply experience the fruit.
The sub-commentary clarifies that this unique tranquility is not the spiritual peacefulness that comes from destroying defilements. Rather, it is a structural, functional passivity (nirussāhasantabhāva) that occurs simply because these states are born effortlessly from past choices, making deep cognitive phases like the life-continuum (bhavaṅga) exceptionally difficult to discern.
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Attano nirussāhasantabhāvena sahajātanāmarūpānaṃ nirussāhasantabhāvāya upakārakā vipākacittacetasikā vipākapaccayo.
The resultant mind and mental factors, by virtue of their own tranquil and effortless nature, which support co-nascent nāma-rūpa in developing a tranquil and effortless nature, are Vipākapaccaya (the Resultant Condition).Te hi payogena asādhetabbatāya kammassa kaṭattā nipphajjamānamattato nirussāhasantabhāvā honti, na kilesavūpasamasantabhāvā.
Indeed, these (resultant dhammas), being unachievable through effort and simply resulting from kamma performed, are tranquil and effortless, but not tranquil in the sense of the appeasement of defilements.Tathā santabhāvatoyeva hi bhavaṅgādayo dubbiññeyyā.
It is precisely because of such a tranquil nature that bhavaṅga and similar states are difficult to discern.Abhinipātasampaṭicchanasantīraṇamattā pana vipākā dubbiññeyyāva.
However, the mere impingement, reception, and investigation of resultant states are indeed difficult to discern.— Abhidhammatthavibhāvinīṭīkā
Textual References
- Abhidhamma: Paṭṭhāna – “Resultant indeterminate phenomena are related to [other] resultant indeterminate phenomena by result condition.”
- Sub-commentary: Abhidhammatthavibhāvinīṭīkā – Detailing the functional definitions of passive consequence, noting how its effortlessness renders the fundamental mental stream (bhavaṅga) and basic receptive functions (sampaṭicchana) profoundly subtle to perceive.