Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam / The round and the return (संसार) / 10
10
the Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam (प्रत्यभिज्ञाहृदयम्)
तथापि तद्वत् पञ्चकृत्यानि करोति tathāpi tadvat pañcakṛtyāni karoti
The line
Even so, like that one, he does the five acts.
नेपालीमा
त्यसो भए पनि, त्यसैझैँ, उसले पाँच कृत्य गर्छ।
Where it sits
The covered knower is not shut out of the five acts. He does them as that one does them. The commentary names the five as emitting, staying, withdrawing, concealing, and grace. 11 gives its own five names.
Split: tathā (तथा) + api (अपि) + tadvat (तद्वत्) + pañcakṛtyāni (पञ्चकृत्यानि) + karoti (करोति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. Even so. |
| tadvat (तद्वत्) | indeclinable in vat (वत्) | like that one. Like Śiva (शिव), the undivided doer. vat (वत्) means like. |
| pañcakṛtyāni (पञ्चकृत्यानि) | accusative plural, neuter | the five acts. pañcan (पञ्चन्) is five. kṛtya (कृत्य) is an act. |
| karoti (करोति) | present third person singular | he does. The subject is the saṃsārī (संसारी) of 9. |
The phrases
tathā api (तथा अपि) concedes the covering and still states the doing. pañcakṛtyāni (पञ्चकृत्यानि) is the object of karoti (करोति). 11 names the five.
Sanskrit in this line
tathā (तथा) plus api (अपि) is tathāpi (तथापि). tat (तत्) plus vat (वत्) is tadvat (तद्वत्).
Say it back
Who does the five acts, and like whom?