1.11
Upadeśasāhasrī / 1. Caitanya (चैतन्य) / 1.11
तथा ध्रुवफला विद्या कर्म नित्यमपेक्षते इत्येवं केचिदिच्छन्ति न कर्म प्रतिकूलतः
tathā dhruvaphalā vidyā karma nityam apekṣate ity evaṃ kecid icchanti na karma pratikūlataḥ
The line
Thus some hold that knowledge, its fruit being sure, always depends on action, and that action is not opposed to it.
नेपालीमा
यसैले कसै-कसैको मत छ कि फल निश्चित भए पनि ज्ञान सधैँ कर्ममा भर पर्छ, र कर्म त्यसको विरोधी होइन।
Where it sits
The objection that began at verse 8 is now fully stated. Verse 12 is the book's answer: karma (कर्म) is opposed, because it carries the I-sense.
Split: tathā (तथा) + dhruva-phalā (ध्रुव-फला) + vidyā (विद्या) + karma (कर्म) + nityam (नित्यम्) + apekṣate (अपेक्षते) + iti (इति) + evam (एवम्) + kecid (केचिद्) + icchanti (इच्छन्ति) + na (न) + karma (कर्म) + pratikūlataḥ (प्रतिकूलतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in the same way. As the Agniṣṭoma (अग्निष्टोम) does. |
| dhruva-phalā (ध्रुव-फला) | nominative singular, feminine | whose fruit is sure. |
| vidyā (विद्या) | nominative singular, feminine | knowledge. |
| karma (कर्म) | accusative singular, neuter | action. The thing depended on. |
| nityam (नित्यम्) | indeclinable | always. |
| apekṣate (अपेक्षते) | present, third person singular, middle | depends on. |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. Closes the view being reported. |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | in this way. |
| kecid (केचिद्) | nominative plural, masculine | some people. |
| icchanti (इच्छन्ति) | present, third person plural | they want, they hold. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative singular, neuter | action. |
| pratikūlataḥ (प्रतिकूलतः) | indeclinable, ablative in sense | as something opposed. The file's point: they hold that karma (कर्म) is not pratikūla (प्रतिकूल) to vidyā (विद्या). |
The phrases
This verse reports a view, kecid icchanti (केचिदिच्छन्ति). It is still the objection, now named as 'what some want.' The second line denies opposition. Verse 6 had said karma (कर्म) is apratikūla (अप्रतिकूल) as a reason to reject it. These people take the same fact as a reason to keep it.
Watch that. The same word, pratikūla (प्रतिकूल), is used by both sides. The book and the objector do not mean the same thing by 'not opposed.'
Sanskrit in this line
iti (इति) plus evam (एवम्) reports a view without adopting it. kecid (केचिद्) keeps the view at arm's length: some people, not the verse speaking in its own name.
Say it back
What do 'some' want knowledge to depend on?