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Sāṅkhya Kārikā / Verses 56–68, the end / 68
प्राप्ते शरीरभेदे चरितार्थत्वात् प्रधानविनिवृत्तौ ऐकान्तिकमात्यन्तिकमुभयं कैवल्यमाप्नोति
prāpte śarīrabhede caritārthatvāt pradhānavinivṛttau aikāntikam ātyantikam ubhayaṃ kaivalyam āpnoti
The line
When the body has dropped, and nature has ceased because the purpose is accomplished, he attains aloneness that is both certain and final.
नेपालीमा
शरीर खसेपछि र प्रयोजन सिद्ध भएर प्रकृति रोकिएपछि ऊ निश्चित र अन्तिम दुवै भएको कैवल्य पाउँछ।
Where it sits
The teaching ends here. Verses 69 through 72 are the transmission: who received this, how short it is, and what it leaves out. They are part of the book. They are not a further doctrine.
Split: prāpte (प्राप्ते) + śarīra-bhede (शरीर-भेदे) + carita-arthatvāt (चरित-अर्थत्वात्) + pradhāna-vinivṛttau (प्रधान-विनिवृत्तौ) + aikāntikam (ऐकान्तिकम्) + ātyantikam (आत्यन्तिकम्) + ubhayam (उभयम्) + kaivalyam (कैवल्यम्) + āpnoti (आप्नोति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prāpte śarīra-bhede (प्राप्ते शरीर-भेदे) | locative absolute | when separation from the body has been reached. When the body drops. |
| carita-arthatvāt (चरित-अर्थत्वात्) | ablative | because of the purpose having been done. carita (चरित) is what has been walked, accomplished. |
| pradhāna-vinivṛttau (प्रधान-विनिवृत्तौ) | locative absolute | when nature has fully ceased. |
| aikāntikam (ऐकान्तिकम्) | nominative or accusative, neuter | certain, of one end. Not the partial quiet of prakṛtilaya (प्रकृतिलय). |
| ātyantikam (आत्यन्तिकम्) | neuter | final, beyond which there is no return. The same pair of words as verse 1, ekānta (एकान्त) and atyanta (अत्यन्त), now fulfilled. |
| ubhayam (उभयम्) | neuter | both. Certain and final together. |
| kaivalyam (कैवल्यम्) | neuter | aloneness. |
| āpnoti (आप्नोति) | present | he attains. The person. |
The phrases
Verse 1 said ordinary remedies fail ekāntātyantataḥ (एकान्तात्यन्ततः), in the certain and the final way. The last teaching verse gives kaivalya (कैवल्य) with both words back. The inquiry has its object.
āpnoti (आप्नोति) still has a grammatical subject, the person. Verse 62 said no one is released. Both stand. Nature's display ends. The person was always only himself. 'Attains' is said from the side of the show stopping, not from the side of a prize handed over.
Sanskrit in this line
Two locative absolutes open the verse, two circumstances that have arrived. aikāntikam (ऐकान्तिकम्) and ātyantikam (आत्यन्तिकम्) are the adjectives verse 1 was waiting for. Say them beside kaivalyam (कैवल्यम्).
Say it back
Say verse 1's complaint and this verse's answer with the same two words.