Speech and sound / Saṅgītaratnākara / 1.3.4 Five places
1.3.4
The Saṅgītaratnākara (सङ्गीतरत्नाकर)
ब्रह्मग्रन्थिस्थितः सोऽथ क्रमादूर्ध्वपथे चरन् ।
नाभिहृत्कण्ठमूर्धास्येष्वाविर्भावयति ध्वनिम् brahmagranthisthitaḥ so 'tha kramādūrdhvapathe caran |
nābhihṛtkaṇṭhamūrdhāsyeṣvāvirbhāvayati dhvanim
The line
The wind, stationed at the brahma-granthi (ब्रह्म-ग्रन्थि), then moves in order along the upward path, and brings sound out in the navel, the heart, the throat, the head, and the mouth.
नेपालीमा
ब्रह्म-ग्रन्थिमा रहेको वायु त्यसपछि क्रमशः माथिल्लो बाटो हिँड्छ र नाभि, हृदय, कण्ठ, शिर र मुखमा शब्द निकाल्छ।
Where it sits
1.3.5 gives five names in this order. 1.3.7 keeps three of the places for practice: heart, throat, and head. The navel and the mouth stay in the fivefold account. This path is the Saṅgītaratnākara (सङ्गीतरत्नाकर)'s.
Split: brahma-granthi-sthitaḥ (ब्रह्म-ग्रन्थि-स्थितः) + saḥ (सः) + atha (अथ) + kramāt (क्रमात्) + ūrdhva-pathe (ऊर्ध्व-पथे) + caran (चरन्) + nābhi-hṛt-kaṇṭha-mūrdha-āsyeṣu (नाभि-हृत्-कण्ठ-मूर्ध-आस्येषु) + āvirbhāvayati (आविर्भावयति) + dhvanim (ध्वनिम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| brahma-granthi-sthitaḥ (ब्रह्म-ग्रन्थि-स्थितः) | nominative singular, masculine | Stationed at the brahma-granthi (ब्रह्म-ग्रन्थि), the knot named brahma (ब्रह्म). Agrees with saḥ (सः). |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | The wind. Māruta (मारुत) from 1.3.3. Heard so 'tha (सोऽथ). |
| atha (अथ) | indeclinable | Then. |
| kramāt (क्रमात्) | ablative singular, masculine | In order, from the sequence. Heard kramād (क्रमाद्) before the next vowel. |
| ūrdhva-pathe (ऊर्ध्व-पथे) | locative singular, masculine | On the upward path. |
| caran (चरन्) | nominative singular, masculine | Moving. Present participle of the root car (चर्). |
| nābhi-hṛt-kaṇṭha-mūrdha-āsyeṣu (नाभि-हृत्-कण्ठ-मूर्ध-आस्येषु) | locative plural, neuter | In the navel, the heart, the throat, the head, and the mouth. hṛd (हृद्), the heart, is hṛt (हृत्) inside the compound. mūrdhan (मूर्धन्) and āsya (आस्य) join as mūrdhāsya (मूर्धास्य). |
| āvirbhāvayati (आविर्भावयति) | present, third person singular, causative | Makes appear. āvirbhāva (आविर्भाव), coming into appearance. |
| dhvanim (ध्वनिम्) | accusative singular, masculine | Sound, the audible sounding. |
The phrases
The subject is still the wind. Brahmagranthisthitaḥ (ब्रह्मग्रन्थिस्थितः) says where it is stationed. Caran (चरन्) says it moves.
Five places, in one locative plural, and in that order. Sound is made to appear in them.
Sanskrit in this line
Saḥ (सः) plus atha (अथ) is so 'tha (सोऽथ).
Kramāt (क्रमात्) plus ūrdhva (ऊर्ध्व) is kramādūrdhva (क्रमादूर्ध्व). A final t (त्) before a vowel is heard as d (द्).
The locative plural ends in eṣu (एषु). u (उ) before ā (आ) of āvirbhāvayati (आविर्भावयति) is heard as v (व्): eṣvāvirbhāvayati (एष्वाविर्भावयति).
Mūrdha (मूर्ध) plus āsya (आस्य) is mūrdhāsya (मूर्धास्य). Short a (अ) plus ā (आ) is ā (आ).
Say it back
Say the five places in the verse's order, from navel to mouth.