2.4
Upadeśasāhasrī / 2. Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध) / 2.4
इदंवनमतिक्रम्य शोकमोहादिदूषितम् वनाद् गान्धारको यद्वत् स्वमात्मानं प्रपद्यते
idaṃvanam atikramya śokamohādidūṣitam vanād gāndhārako yadvat svam ātmānaṃ prapadyate
The line
As a man of Gandhāra (गन्धार) comes out of the forest, so, having crossed the forest of 'this' that is spoiled by grief and delusion, one reaches one's own self.
नेपालीमा
गन्धारको मानिस जङ्गलबाट निस्केको जस्तै, शोक र मोहले बिगारेको यो भन्ने जङ्गल पार गरेपछि मानिस आफ्नै आत्मामा पुग्छ।
Where it sits
This closes pratiṣedhaprakaraṇam (प्रतिषेधप्रकरणम्). Four verses. The method is neti neti (नेति नेति), the defeated 'this' is not a pramāṇa (प्रमाण), the seer is not sublated, and the end is arriving at one's own self. Prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 3 asks whether the Lord is other than that self.
Split: idam-vanam (इदम्-वनम्) + atikramya (अतिक्रम्य) + śoka-moha-ādi-dūṣitam (शोक-मोह-आदि-दूषितम्) + vanāt (वनात्) + gāndhārakaḥ (गान्धारकः) + yadvat (यद्वत्) + svam (स्वम्) + ātmānam (आत्मानम्) + prapadyate (प्रपद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| idam-vanam (इदम्-वनम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the forest of 'this.' Every idam (इदम्) is a tree in it. |
| atikramya (अतिक्रम्य) | absolutive | having crossed beyond. |
| śoka-moha-ādi-dūṣitam (शोक-मोह-आदि-दूषितम्) | accusative singular, neuter | spoiled by grief, by moha (मोह), delusion, and the rest. Agrees with vanam (वनम्). |
| vanāt (वनात्) | ablative singular, neuter | from the forest. |
| gāndhārakaḥ (गान्धारकः) | nominative singular, masculine | a man of Gandhāra (गन्धार). |
| yadvat (यद्वत्) | indeclinable | just as. |
| svam (स्वम्) | accusative singular, masculine | one's own. |
| ātmānam (आत्मानम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the self. |
| prapadyate (प्रपद्यते) | present, third person singular, middle | he reaches, he comes into. |
The phrases
The picture is the Chāndogya (छान्दोग्य) story, 6.14: a man from Gandhāra (गन्धार), led blindfolded out of his country and left in a forest, finds the way home when the blindfold is off. Here the forest is idam (इदम्), spoiled by grief and delusion. Crossing it, he reaches svam ātmānam (स्वमात्मानम्).
yadvat (यद्वत्) makes the Gandhāran (गन्धारन्) the comparison, not a second story with a different point.
Sanskrit in this line
The absolutive atikramya (अतिक्रम्य) is the act, and prapadyate (प्रपद्यते) is the arrival. yadvat (यद्वत्) plus vanāt gāndhārakaḥ (वनात् गान्धारकः) is the comparison standing beside that arrival.
Say it back
What is the forest, and what does one reach?