Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam / The round and the return (संसार) / 16
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the Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam (प्रत्यभिज्ञाहृदयम्)
चिदानन्दलाभे देहादिषु चेत्यमानेष्वपि चिदैकात्म्यप्रतिपत्तिदार्ढ्यं जीवन्मुक्तिः cidānandalābhe dehādiṣu cetyamāneṣv api cidaikātmyapratipattidārḍhyaṃ jīvanmuktiḥ
The line
When the bliss of consciousness is gained, firmness in recognizing one's identity with consciousness, even while the body and the rest are being known, is liberation while living.
नेपालीमा
चिदानन्द पाएपछि, शरीर आदि चिनिँदै गर्दा पनि, चितिसँग एक हुँ भन्ने पहिचान दृढ हुनु नै जीवनमुक्ति हो।
Where it sits
Living liberation is defined here as a firmness, not as a departure. 17 says where the bliss of this line is gained from.
Split: cidānandalābhe (चिदानन्दलाभे) + dehādiṣu (देहादिषु) + cetyamāneṣu (चेत्यमानेषु) + api (अपि) + cidaikātmyapratipattidārḍhyam (चिदैकात्म्यप्रतिपत्तिदार्ढ्यम्) + jīvanmuktiḥ (जीवन्मुक्तिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| cidānandalābhe (चिदानन्दलाभे) | locative singular, masculine | when the bliss of consciousness is gained. cit (चित्) plus ānanda (आनन्द) is the bliss of consciousness. lābha (लाभ) is the gain. |
| dehādiṣu (देहादिषु) | locative plural, masculine | in the body and the rest. ādi (आदि) means beginning with, and the rest. |
| cetyamāneṣu (चेत्यमानेषु) | locative plural, masculine | while they are being known. Present participle of the passive of cit (चित्), to be conscious of. Agrees with dehādiṣu (देहादिषु). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. Recited as part of cetyamāneṣv api (चेत्यमानेष्वपि). |
| cidaikātmyapratipattidārḍhyam (चिदैकात्म्यप्रतिपत्तिदार्ढ्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | firmness of the recognition that one is consciousness. ekātmya (एकात्म्य) is identity, being one with. pratipatti (प्रतिपत्ति) is recognition. dārḍhya (दार्ढ्य) is firmness. |
| jīvanmuktiḥ (जीवन्मुक्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | liberation while living. jīvat (जीवत्) is while alive. mukti (मुक्ति) is release. |
The phrases
The locative cidānandalābhe (चिदानन्दलाभे) is the condition. Even while body and the rest are still being known, the firmness of that recognition is jīvanmuktiḥ (जीवन्मुक्तिः). The body does not have to disappear for the word to apply.
Sanskrit in this line
cetyamāneṣu (चेत्यमानेषु) plus api (अपि) is cetyamāneṣv api (चेत्यमानेष्वपि). Before the vowel, u (उ) becomes v (व्). The long compound is one nominative. Read it from dārḍhyam (दार्ढ्यम्).
Say it back
Say what jīvanmukti (जीवन्मुक्ति) is in this line, and say what can still be known while it holds.