Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam / The means and the close (उपाय) / 17
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the Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam (प्रत्यभिज्ञाहृदयम्)
मध्यविकासाच् चिदानन्दलाभः madhyavikāsāc cidānandalābhaḥ
The line
From the opening of the center comes the gain of the bliss of consciousness.
नेपालीमा
मध्य खुलनाले चिदानन्द पाइन्छ।
Where it sits
The sūtra (सूत्र) names madhya (मध्य) and does not give a method. 18 lists the means this book actually names. The sitting stops at the sentence.
Split: madhyavikāsāt (मध्यविकासात्) + cidānandalābhaḥ (चिदानन्दलाभः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| madhyavikāsāt (मध्यविकासात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from the opening of the center. madhya (मध्य) is the middle, the center. vikāsa (विकास) is an opening, a blossoming. Recited madhyavikāsāc (मध्यविकासाच्) before c (च्). |
| cidānandalābhaḥ (चिदानन्दलाभः) | nominative singular, masculine | the gain of the bliss of consciousness. The same gain 16 set as the condition. |
The phrases
The ablative is the source. The nominative is what is gained. From the center's opening comes that bliss.
Sanskrit in this line
Before c (च्), the visarga of madhyavikāsāt (मध्यविकासात्) is heard as c (च्): madhyavikāsāc cidānandalābhaḥ (मध्यविकासाच् चिदानन्दलाभः). The split restores madhyavikāsāt (मध्यविकासात्).
Say it back
Say what opens, and what is gained from that opening.