Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam / The round and the return (संसार) / 14
14
the Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam (प्रत्यभिज्ञाहृदयम्)
चितिवह्निररोहपदे छन्नोऽपि मात्रया मेयेन्धनं प्लुष्यति citivahnir arohapade channo 'pi mātrayā meyendhanaṃ pluṣyati
The line
The fire of consciousness, even when covered at the stage of coming down, burns the fuel of the knowable in a measure.
नेपालीमा
ओर्लिने अवस्थामा ढाकिएको भए पनि चितिको आगोले ज्ञेयरूपी इन्धनलाई मात्राअनुसार डढाउँछ।
Where it sits
13 named the climb, adhyāroha (अध्यारोह). This line is the fire while a stage is still covered. The commentary takes that stage as the coming down.
Split: citivahniḥ (चितिवह्निः) + arohapade (अरोहपदे) + channaḥ (छन्नः) + api (अपि) + mātrayā (मात्रया) + meyendhanam (मेयेन्धनम्) + pluṣyati (प्लुष्यति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| citivahniḥ (चितिवह्निः) | nominative singular, masculine | the fire of consciousness. vahni (वह्नि) is fire. Recited citivahnir (चितिवह्निर्) before a vowel. |
| arohapade (अरोहपदे) | locative singular, masculine | at the stage printed arohapade (अरोहपदे). The commentary reads the word as avarohapade (अवरोहपदे), the stage of coming down into the knower under māyā (माया). pada (पद) is a stage. |
| channaḥ (छन्नः) | nominative singular, masculine | covered. Agrees with the fire. Recited channo (छन्नो) before a vowel. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| mātrayā (मात्रया) | instrumental singular, feminine | by a portion, to the extent of a measure. mātrā (मात्रा) is a measure. |
| meyendhanam (मेयेन्धनम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the fuel that is the knowable. meya (मेय) is what can be measured, the object. indhana (इन्धन) is fuel. |
| pluṣyati (प्लुष्यति) | present third person singular | burns. The subject is citivahniḥ (चितिवह्निः). |
The phrases
Even covered, at the stage of descent, the fire burns the knowable fuel, and mātrayā (मात्रया) limits the burning to a measure. The covering does not put the fire out.
Sanskrit in this line
The sūtra (सूत्र) prints arohapade (अरोहपदे). In the commentary the same word is explained as avarohapade (अवरोहपदे), the stage of coming down. This book recites the printed syllables and takes that sense. channaḥ (छन्नः) plus api (अपि) is channo 'pi (छन्नोऽपि).
Say it back
Say what burns, and what the fuel is.