46
Sāṅkhya Kārikā / Verses 22–55, the world / 46
एष प्रत्ययसर्गो विपर्ययाशक्तितुष्टिसिद्ध्याख्यः गुणवैषम्यविमर्दात् तस्य च भेदास् तु पञ्चाशत्
eṣa pratyayasargo viparyayāśaktituṣṭisiddhyākhyaḥ guṇavaiṣamyavimardāt tasya ca bhedās tu pañcāśat
The line
This creation of the intellect is called error, incapacity, contentment, and success. From the strands' uneven grinding, its divisions are fifty.
नेपालीमा
बुद्धिको यो सृष्टि भ्रम, अशक्ति, सन्तोष र सिद्धि भनिन्छ। गुणको असमान रगडाइबाट त्यसका विभाग पचास हुन्छन्।
Where it sits
You do not need to memorize sixty-two subforms to understand the book. You need the four names and the reason the count is fifty. The subforms are a traditional inventory of how intellect fails and how it succeeds.
Split: eṣaḥ (एषः) + pratyaya-sargaḥ (प्रत्यय-सर्गः) + viparyaya-aśakti-tuṣṭi-siddhi-ākhyaḥ (विपर्यय-अशक्ति-तुष्टि-सिद्धि-आख्यः) + guṇa-vaiṣamya-vimardāt (गुण-वैषम्य-विमर्दात्) + tasya (तस्य) + ca (च) + bhedāḥ (भेदाः) + tu (तु) + pañcāśat (पञ्चाशत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| eṣaḥ (एषः) | nominative singular, masculine | this. |
| pratyaya-sargaḥ (प्रत्यय-सर्गः) | nominative singular, masculine | the creation that is intellect's contents. pratyaya (प्रत्यय) is a thought, a presentation. A second creation, beside the elemental one. |
| viparyaya-aśakti-tuṣṭi-siddhi-ākhyaḥ (विपर्यय-अशक्ति-तुष्टि-सिद्धि-आख्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | called error, incapacity, contentment, and success. |
| guṇa-vaiṣamya-vimardāt (गुण-वैषम्य-विमर्दात्) | ablative | from the inequality and the mutual grinding of the strands. |
| bhedāḥ (भेदाः) | nominative plural, masculine | divisions. |
| pañcāśat (पञ्चाशत्) | nominative | fifty. |
The phrases
The fifty are 5 kinds of error, plus 28 incapacities, plus 9 contentments, plus 8 successes. Verses 47 through 51 open the count. Five plus twenty-eight plus nine plus eight is fifty. The further breakdown of error into sixty-two subforms, in verse 48, is inside the five. It is not added on top of the fifty.
Sanskrit in this line
ākhya (आख्य) at the end of a compound means 'called.' The four names are one compound, and -ākhyaḥ (-आख्यः) wears the ending.
Say it back
Say the four names and the four numbers that add to fifty.