17.9
Upadeśasāhasrī / 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति) / 17.9
एकत्वं ह्यात्मनो ज्ञेयं वाक्यार्थप्रतिपत्तितः
ekatvaṃ hy ātmano jñeyaṃ vākyārthapratipattitaḥ
The line
The oneness of the self is what is to be known, from grasping the meaning of the sentence.
नेपालीमा
वाक्यको अर्थ समातेर जान्नुपर्ने कुरा आत्माको एकत्व हो।
Where it sits
17.8 said the Veda alone is the means for this knowledge. This line says how that means is taken up: as the meaning of the sentence.
Split: ekatvam (एकत्वम्) + hi (हि) + ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) + jñeyam (ज्ञेयम्) + vākya-artha-pratipatti-taḥ (वाक्य-अर्थ-प्रतिपत्ति-तः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekatvam (एकत्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | oneness. The state of being one. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed. Before a vowel the line writes hy (ह्य्). |
| ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the self. Before the voiced j (ज्) the line writes ātmano (आत्मनो). |
| jñeyam (ज्ञेयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | what is to be known |
| vākya-artha-pratipatti-taḥ (वाक्य-अर्थ-प्रतिपत्ति-तः) | indeclinable | from the grasping of the sentence's meaning. vākya-artha (वाक्य-अर्थ) is what the sentence says. pratipatti (प्रतिपत्ति) is the arriving at it. -taḥ (-तः) is 'from.' |
The phrases
ekatvam (एकत्वम्) and jñeyam (ज्ञेयम्) are both nominative: the oneness is the thing to be known, and it is the oneness of the self.
The means named in 17.8 works, here, as a sentence. The line does not quote one. The sentences in view are the great sentences of the Upaniṣads (उपनिषद्).
Sanskrit in this line
hy (ह्य्) is hi (हि) before a vowel. ātmano (आत्मनो) is ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) before a voiced consonant. vākyārtha (वाक्यार्थ) is vākya (वाक्य) + artha (अर्थ), a (अ) + a (अ) = ā (आ). pratipattitaḥ (प्रतिपत्तितः) is pratipatti (प्रतिपत्ति) + taḥ (तः). The file writes the last word as one string.
Say it back
Say what is known, and from what.