Tarka-Saṃgraha / 73. Eight, of the self alone
73
बुद्ध्यादयोऽष्टावात्ममात्रविशेषगुणाः buddhyādayo 'ṣṭāv ātmamātraviśeṣaguṇāḥ
The line
Cognition and the seven that follow it in this stretch are eight, and they are special qualities of the self alone.
नेपालीमा
ज्ञान र यस खण्डमा त्यसपछि आउने सात गरी आठ हुन्, र तिनीहरू आत्माका मात्र विशेष गुण हुन्।
Where it sits
Which of them are eternal in the Lord, and non-eternal in the living self, is 74.
Split: buddhi-ādayaḥ (बुद्धि-आदयः) + aṣṭa (अष्ट) + ātma-mātra-viśeṣa-guṇāḥ (आत्म-मात्र-विशेष-गुणाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| buddhi-ādayaḥ (बुद्धि-आदयः) | nominative plural, masculine | Cognition and the rest. Heard buddhyādayo (बुद्ध्यादयो) before aṣṭa (अष्ट). |
| aṣṭa (अष्ट) | eight | Heard 'ṣṭau (ऽष्टौ), the nominative aṣṭau (अष्टौ), with the a (अ) dropped after the vowel. |
| ātma-mātra-viśeṣa-guṇāḥ (आत्म-मात्र-विशेष-गुणाः) | nominative plural, masculine | Special qualities of the self alone. |
The phrases
The eight are cognition, pleasure, pain, desire, aversion, effort, merit, and demerit. The trace is a ninth special quality in the wider count, and 75 will give one of its three kinds to the self alone.
Sound, color, and the rest occur elsewhere. These eight do not.
Sanskrit in this line
Buddhi (बुद्धि) plus ādayaḥ (आदयः) is buddhyādayaḥ (बुद्ध्यादयः). Short i (इ) plus long ā (आ) is yā (या).
Aṣṭau (अष्टौ) after a vowel is heard with the initial a (अ) dropped: buddhyādayo 'ṣṭau (बुद्ध्यादयोऽष्टौ).
Say it back
Name the eight, starting from cognition.