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Viṃśatikā / All 22 verses / 18
अन्योन्याधिपतित्वेन विज्ञप्तिनियमो मिथः मिद्धेनोपहतं चित्तं स्वप्ने तेन असमं फलम्
anyonyādhipatitvena vijñaptiniyamo mithaḥ middhenopahataṃ cittaṃ svapne tena asamaṃ phalam
The line
Cognitions are restricted with regard to each other by mutually being the dominant condition. A mind impaired by torpor has, in dream, an unequal fruit because of that.
नेपालीमा
ज्ञानहरू एकअर्काका प्रधान प्रत्यय भएर आपसमा सीमित हुन्छन्। तन्द्राले बिग्रेको मनको स्वप्नमा त्यसैले असमान फल हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Verse 2 had asked why a cognition is shared by some streams and not others. Verse 3 gave the preta (प्रेत) river. Verse 18 gives the general rule, and the dream as the case where the rule is interrupted by sleep.
Split: anyonya-ādhipati-tvena (अन्योन्य-आधिपति-त्वेन) + vijñapti-niyamaḥ (विज्ञप्ति-नियमः) + mithas (मिथ) + middhena (मिद्धेन) + upahatam (उपहतम्) + cittam (चित्तम्) + svapne (स्वप्ने) + tena (तेन) + asamam (असमम्) + phalam (फलम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anyonya-ādhipati-tvena (अन्योन्य-आधिपति-त्वेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | by being ādhipati (आधिपति) for one another. ādhipati (आधिपति) is the dominant condition, the one that decides the circumstance. -tvena (-त्वेन) is 'by being.' |
| vijñapti-niyamaḥ (विज्ञप्ति-नियमः) | nominative singular, masculine | the restriction of cognitions, that this stream sees this and not that. |
| mithas (मिथ) | indeclinable | mutually. |
| middhena (मिद्धेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | by middha (मिद्ध), torpor, the drowsiness of sleep. The file joins middhenopahataṃ (मिद्धेनोपहतं). |
| upahatam (उपहतम्) | nominative singular, neuter | struck, impaired. |
| cittam (चित्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the mind. |
| svapne (स्वप्ने) | locative singular, masculine | in a dream. |
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | by that. By the torpor. |
| asamam (असमम्) | nominative singular, neuter | unequal, not the same. The dream fruit is not the shared waking fruit. |
| phalam (फलम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the fruit. |
The phrases
Shared seeing does not need a shared object. Each stream is a dominant condition for the others, so the cognitions restrict one another. Sleep shows the opposite case: when the mind is dulled, the fruit is private, a dream, and the mutual restriction loosens.
mithaḥ (मिथः) and anyonya (अन्योन्य) say the same relation twice, mutually and for one another.
Sanskrit in this line
ādhipati (आधिपति) is a technical name of one condition. You do not need the whole list. You need the job: one cognition settles the circumstance of another.
Say it back
What makes two streams agree, and what makes a dream fail to be shared?