1.25
Upadeśasāhasrī / 1. Caitanya (चैतन्य) / 1.25
तस्मादज्ञानहानाय संसारविनिवृत्तये ब्रह्मविद्याविधानाय प्रारब्धोपनिषत् त्वियम्
tasmād ajñānahānāya saṃsāravinivṛttaye brahmavidyāvidhānāya prārabdhopaniṣat tv iyam
The line
Therefore this Upaniṣad (उपनिषद्) has been begun, for the destruction of ignorance, for the ending of saṃsāra (संसार), and for the establishment of the knowledge of Brahman (ब्रह्मन्).
नेपालीमा
यसैले यो उपनिषद् अज्ञान नाश गर्न, संसार अन्त्य गर्न, र ब्रह्मको ज्ञान स्थापना गर्न सुरु गरिएको हो।
Where it sits
Prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 1 has done its work: the wheel, the root, the refusal of karma (कर्म) as a helper, neti neti (नेति नेति), and the book pointed at. Verse 26, the last of the prakaraṇa (प्रकरण), is a grammatical derivation of the word upaniṣad (उपनिषद्). Prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 2 will stay inside neti neti (नेति नेति).
Split: tasmāt (तस्मात्) + ajñāna-hānāya (अज्ञान-हानाय) + saṃsāra-vinivṛttaye (संसार-विनिवृत्तये) + brahma-vidyā-vidhānāya (ब्रह्म-विद्या-विधानाय) + prārabdhā (प्रारब्धा) + upaniṣat (उपनिषत्) + tu (तु) + iyam (इयम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | indeclinable | therefore. From the whole prakaraṇa (प्रकरण). |
| ajñāna-hānāya (अज्ञान-हानाय) | dative singular, neuter | for the removal of ignorance. |
| saṃsāra-vinivṛttaye (संसार-विनिवृत्तये) | dative singular, feminine | for the vinivṛtti (विनिवृत्ति), the ceasing, of saṃsāra (संसार). |
| brahma-vidyā-vidhānāya (ब्रह्म-विद्या-विधानाय) | dative singular, neuter | for the vidhāna (विधान), the laying down, of brahmavidyā (ब्रह्मविद्या). |
| prārabdhā (प्रारब्धा) | nominative singular, feminine | begun. Joined in prārabdhopaniṣat (प्रारब्धोपनिषत्). |
| upaniṣat (उपनिषत्) | nominative singular, feminine | the Upaniṣad (उपनिषद्). A consonant stem: the nominative is upaniṣat (उपनिषत्). Before tu (तु) the final stays t (त्). |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and, marking this book as the thing begun. |
| iyam (इयम्) | nominative singular, feminine | this. |
The phrases
Three datives, three purposes, one book. iyam upaniṣat (इयमुपनिषत्) is prārabdhā (प्रारब्धा) for all three. The purposes restate verses 5 and 7: remove ignorance, end the round, set down brahmavidyā (ब्रह्मविद्या).
tu (तु) does not answer an objection here. It sets this text in front of you as the text that was begun.
Sanskrit in this line
Three datives in a row are three 'for's, all depending on prārabdhā (प्रारब्धा). The nominative of the consonant stem upaniṣad (उपनिषद्) is upaniṣat (उपनिषत्).
Say it back
Three purposes. Say them, and say what was begun.