13.25
ध्यानेनात्मनि पश्यन्ति केचिदात्मानमात्मना ।
अन्ये साङ्ख्येन योगेन कर्मयोगेन चापरे ॥
dhyānenātmani paśyanti kecid ātmānam ātmanā
anye sāṅkhyena yogena karmayogena cāpare
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking, to Arjuna (अर्जुन).
The verse
Some see the self in the self by the self, through meditation; others by the yoga of reckoning; and others by the yoga of action.
नेपालीमा
केहीले ध्यानद्वारा आत्माले आत्मामा आत्मालाई देख्छन्, अरूले गणनाको योगले, र अरूले कर्मको योगले।
Where it sits
13.24 said the knowing ends rebirth, and this verse gives three roads to the seeing, meditation, the yoga of reckoning, and the yoga of action, before 13.26 adds those who have the hearing.
Split: ध्यानेन + आत्मनि + पश्यन्ति + केचित् + आत्मानम् + आत्मना + अन्ये + साङ्ख्येन + योगेन + कर्म-योगेन + च + अपरे
dhyānena + ātmani + paśyanti + kecit + ātmānam + ātmanā + anye + sāṅkhyena + yogena + karma-yogena + ca + apare
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| ध्यानेन | dhyānena | instrumental singular | by meditation. dhyāna (ध्यान) is the absorbed seeing. |
| आत्मनि | ātmani | locative singular | in the self. |
| पश्यन्ति | paśyanti | present, 3rd plural of dṛś (दृश्) | they see. |
| केचित् | kecit | nominative plural | some. |
| आत्मानम् | ātmānam | accusative singular | the self. The thing seen. |
| आत्मना | ātmanā | instrumental singular | by the self. The means of the seeing. |
| अन्ये | anye | nominative plural | others. |
| साङ्ख्येन | sāṅkhyena | instrumental singular | by Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य). By the reckoning that sorts. |
| योगेन | yogena | instrumental singular | by yoga. With sāṅkhyena (साङ्ख्येन), the yoga that is that reckoning. |
| कर्म-योगेन | karma-yogena | instrumental singular | by the yoga of action. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| अपरे | apare | nominative plural | others. A further group. |
The phrases
ध्यानेन आत्मनि पश्यन्ति केचित् आत्मानम् आत्मना dhyānena ātmani paśyanti kecit ātmānam ātmanā is the first group. Some see the self in the self by the self, through meditation. Three forms of ātman (आत्मन्): locative, accusative, instrumental. ध्यानेन + आत्मनि dhyānena + ātmani is dhyānenātmani (ध्यानेनात्मनि). केचित् + आत्मानम् kecit + ātmānam is kecid ātmānam (केचिदात्मानम्).
anye sāṅkhyena yogena (अन्ये साङ्ख्येन योगेन) is the second group. Others, by the yoga of reckoning. Two instrumentals, one road.
karmayogena ca apare (कर्मयोगेन च अपरे) is the third. And others by the yoga of action. च + अपरे ca + apare is cāpare (चापरे). The verb paśyanti (पश्यन्ति) still covers them.
Sanskrit in this line
केचित् + आत्मानम् kecit + ātmānam is kecid ātmānam (केचिदात्मानम्). A final t (त्) before a vowel becomes d (द्). The cit (चित्) of kecit (केचित्) is the indefinite particle, "some." It is not a verb.
ātmani (आत्मनि), ātmānam (आत्मानम्), and ātmanā (आत्मना) are one noun in three cases. The locative is the place, the accusative is the object, the instrumental is the means.
Say it back
Name the three roads, and keep the three cases of ātman (आत्मन्) apart. If ātmanā (आत्मना) is said as another object beside ātmānam (आत्मानम्), stay here.