12.4
सन्नियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः ।
ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः ॥
sanniyamyendriyagrāmaṃ sarvatra samabuddhayaḥ
te prāpnuvanti mām eva sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) continues, and te (ते) here is the ye (ये) of 12.3.
The verse
Having drawn in the whole host of the senses, even-minded everywhere, delighting in the welfare of all beings, they reach me alone.
नेपालीमा
इन्द्रियको सारा समूह भित्र तानेर, सबैतिर समचित्त भएर, सबै प्राणीको हितमा रमाएर, तिनीहरू मकहाँ नै पुग्छन्।
Where it sits
The unmanifest worship is not a failed worship. It comes to him. 12.5 will say what it costs a person who has a body.
Split: सन्नियम्य + इन्द्रिय-ग्रामम् + सर्वत्र + सम-बुद्धयः + ते + प्राप्नुवन्ति + माम् + एव + सर्व-भूत-हिते + रताः
sanniyamya + indriya-grāmam + sarvatra + sama-buddhayaḥ + te + prāpnuvanti + mām + eva + sarva-bhūta-hite + ratāḥ
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| सन्नियम्य | sanniyamya | gerund of sam-ni-yam (सम्-नि-यम्) | having drawn in, having restrained. |
| इन्द्रिय-ग्रामम् | indriya-grāmam | accusative singular | the host of the senses. grāma (ग्राम) "a gathering." |
| सर्वत्र | sarvatra | indeclinable | everywhere. |
| सम-बुद्धयः | sama-buddhayaḥ | nominative plural, bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) | those whose understanding is even. |
| ते | te | nominative plural | they. |
| प्राप्नुवन्ति | prāpnuvanti | present, 3rd plural | they reach. From pra-āp (प्र-आप्). |
| माम् | mām | accusative | me. |
| एव | eva | indeclinable | alone. It presses mām (माम्). |
| सर्व-भूत-हिते | sarva-bhūta-hite | locative singular | in the welfare of all beings. hita (हित) "what is good for." |
| रताः | ratāḥ | nominative plural | delighting, given over. From ram (रम्). |
The phrases
sanniyamya indriyagrāmaṃ sarvatra samabuddhayaḥ (सन्नियम्य इन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः) is how they stand while they worship. The host of the senses has been drawn in, and everywhere their understanding is even. सन्नियम्य + इन्द्रिय sanniyamya + indriya is sanniyamyendriya (सन्नियम्येन्द्रिय): अ + इ a + i becomes e (ए).
ते प्राप्नुवन्ति माम् एव te prāpnuvanti mām eva is the main clause 12.3 was waiting for. They reach him, and they reach him alone. माम् एव mām eva is mām eva (मामेव).
sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ (सर्वभूतहिते रताः) is the last description, locative plus the people who delight there. Their delight is in the good of every being.
Sanskrit in this line
sanniyamya (सन्नियम्य) is a gerund, "having drawn in," and it does not show person. The person is te (ते), the subject of prāpnuvanti (प्राप्नुवन्ति). The ending is --ya (य), not --tvā (त्वा), because sam (सम्) and ni (नि) sit on the front of yam (यम्). सम् + नि sam + ni is recited sanni (सन्नि): m (म्) before n (न्) becomes n (न्).
Say it back
What they have drawn in, and whom they reach. If माम् एव mām eva comes out as the akṣaram (अक्षरम्), the goal of the verse was swapped.