6.21
सुखमात्यन्तिकं यत्तद् बुद्धिग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम् ।
वेत्ति यत्र न चैवायं स्थितश्चलति तत्त्वतः ॥
sukham ātyantikaṃ yat tad buddhigrāhyam atīndriyam
vetti yatra na caivāyaṃ sthitaś calati tattvataḥ
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking. Another yatra (यत्र) in the chain that began at 6.20.
The verse
Where he knows that endless happiness, grasped by the understanding and beyond the senses, and, established there, he does not slip from the truth.
नेपालीमा
जहाँ ऊ त्यो अनन्त सुख चिन्छ, जुन बुद्धिले समातिन्छ र इन्द्रियभन्दा पर छ, र त्यहाँ अडिएर ऊ तत्त्वबाट चिप्लिँदैन।
Where it sits
Rest and contentment were 6.20. This verse adds what he knows there, and that he stays. The chain is still open.
Split: सुखम् + आत्यन्तिकम् + यत् + तत् + बुद्धि-ग्राह्यम् + अति-इन्द्रियम् + वेत्ति + यत्र + न + च + एव + अयम् + स्थितः + चलति + तत्त्वतः
sukham + ātyantikam + yat + tat + buddhi-grāhyam + ati-indriyam + vetti + yatra + na + ca + eva + ayam + sthitaḥ + calati + tattvataḥ
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| सुखम् | sukham | accusative singular | happiness. What he knows. |
| आत्यन्तिकम् | ātyantikam | accusative singular | endless, going all the way. Agrees with sukham (सुखम्). |
| यत् | yat | nominative or accusative neuter | which. |
| तत् | tat | nominative or accusative neuter | that. |
| बुद्धि-ग्राह्यम् | buddhi-grāhyam | accusative singular | to be grasped by the understanding. |
| अति-इन्द्रियम् | ati-indriyam | accusative singular | beyond the senses. |
| वेत्ति | vetti | present, 3rd singular | he knows. From vid (विद्). |
| यत्र | yatra | indeclinable | where. |
| न | na | indeclinable | not. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| एव | eva | indeclinable | indeed. |
| अयम् | ayam | nominative singular | this one. The man. |
| स्थितः | sthitaḥ | nominative singular | standing, once established. |
| चलति | calati | present, 3rd singular | he moves, he slips. |
| तत्त्वतः | tattvataḥ | indeclinable, ablative adverb | from the truth, in reality. |
The phrases
सुखम् आत्यन्तिकम् यत् तत् sukham ātyantikaṃ yat tat is the happiness, and the two adjectives say what kind. Grasped by the understanding, beyond the senses. vetti yatra (वेत्ति यत्र) puts the knowing at the same "where" as 6.20.
na ca eva ayam sthitaḥ calati tattvataḥ (न च एव अयम् स्थितः चलति तत्त्वतः) is the second claim. Standing there, this man does not slip from the truth.
yat tat (यत् तत्) before the voiced b (ब्) is recited yattad (यत्तद्). ca eva ayam (च एव अयम्) is caivāyam (चैवायम्). sthitaḥ calati (स्थितः चलति) is sthitaścalati (स्थितश्चलति). ati indriyam (अति इन्द्रियम्) is atīndriyam (अतीन्द्रियम्), i (इ) plus i (इ) becoming ī (ई).
Sanskrit in this line
yat (यत्) and tat (तत्) are the neuter pair, "which … that," agreeing with sukham (सुखम्). Final t (त्) before a voiced consonant is recited as d (द्), so yat tat buddhi (यत् तत् बुद्धि) is yat tad buddhi (यत्तद् बुद्धि). tattvataḥ (तत्त्वतः) is an ablative used as an adverb. The ending --taḥ (तः) on a noun often means "from" and then freezes into "in respect of." Here, "from the truth," meaning he does not slip in reality.
Say it back
What he knows, and what he does not do once he is standing there. If calati (चलति) loses its na (न), the verse says the opposite.