1.23
Upadeśasāhasrī / 1. Caitanya (चैतन्य) / 1.23
कृष्यादिवत् फलार्थत्वादन्यकर्मोपबृंहणमग्निष्टोमस् त्वपेक्षेत विद्यान्यत् किमपेक्षते
kṛṣyādivat phalārthatvād anyakarmopabṛṃhaṇam agniṣṭomas tv apekṣeta vidyānyat kim apekṣate
The line
Because its aim is a fruit, the Agniṣṭoma (अग्निष्टोम), like farming, would depend on other acts to reinforce it. What else does knowledge depend on?
नेपालीमा
फल नै लक्ष्य भएकाले खेती जस्तै अग्निष्टोम पनि आफूलाई बल दिन अरू कर्ममा भर पर्छ। ज्ञान अरू केमा भर पर्छ।
Where it sits
The example is finished. Verse 24 takes the remaining threat from verse 9, the pratyavāya (प्रत्यवाय), the fault of omitting an enjoined act, and limits it to the person who still has ahaṃkāra (अहंकार).
Split: kṛṣi-ādivat (कृषि-आदिवत्) + phala-arthatvāt (फल-अर्थत्वात्) + anya-karma-upabṛṃhaṇam (अन्य-कर्म-उपबृंहणम्) + agniṣṭomaḥ (अग्निष्टोमः) + tu (तु) + apekṣeta (अपेक्षेत) + vidyā (विद्या) + anyat (अन्यत्) + kim (किम्) + apekṣate (अपेक्षते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kṛṣi-ādivat (कृषि-आदिवत्) | indeclinable | like farming and the rest. kṛṣi (कृषि) is ploughing, cultivation. |
| phala-arthatvāt (फल-अर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular, neuter | because it has a fruit as its artha (अर्थ), its aim. |
| anya-karma-upabṛṃhaṇam (अन्य-कर्म-उपबृंहणम्) | accusative singular, neuter | a building-up by means of other acts. upabṛṃhaṇa (उपबृंहण) is reinforcement. |
| agniṣṭomaḥ (अग्निष्टोमः) | nominative singular, masculine | the Agniṣṭoma (अग्निष्टोम). |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, marking the rite as the one that does depend. |
| apekṣeta (अपेक्षेत) | optative, third person singular, middle | it would depend on. |
| vidyā (विद्या) | nominative singular, feminine | knowledge. |
| anyat (अन्यत्) | accusative singular, neuter | anything else. |
| kim (किम्) | accusative singular, neuter | what. The question. |
| apekṣate (अपेक्षते) | present, third person singular, middle | does it depend on. |
The phrases
Farming aims at a crop, so it needs rain, seed, and further work. The Agniṣṭoma (अग्निष्टोम) aims at a fruit, so it needs subsidiary acts. vidyā (विद्या) is asked, in the last quarter: what else would it depend on? The question expects 'nothing of that kind.'
kim apekṣate (किमपेक्षते) is the book's question to the objector of verses 10 and 11.
Sanskrit in this line
kṛṣyādivat (कृष्यादिवत्) is the comparison. Do not lose it in the compounds. Farming is on the page so the rite's dependence looks ordinary.
Say it back
Why does a rite need other acts, and what is being asked of vidyā (विद्या)?