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6.5
यथादर्शे तथात्मनि यथा स्वप्ने तथा पितृलोके ।
यथाप्सु परीव ददृशे तथा गन्धर्वलोके छायातपयोरिव ब्रह्मलोके yathādarśe tathātmani yathā svapne tathā pitṛloke |
yathāpsu parīva dadṛśe tathā gandharvaloke chāyātapayor iva brahmaloke
The line
As in a mirror, so in the self. As in a dream, so in the fathers' world. As seen in water, so in the gandharva (गन्धर्व) world. As of light and shadow, so in the world of brahman (ब्रह्मन्).
नेपालीमा
ऐनामा जस्तो आत्ममा त्यस्तै, सपनामा जस्तो पितृलोकमा त्यस्तै, पानीमा देखिएझैँ गन्धर्व लोकमा त्यस्तै, र उज्यालो तथा छायामा जस्तै ब्रह्मन्को लोकमा त्यस्तै हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Shadow and light were the two drinkers of 3.1. Here they are the clarity of the highest seeing.
Split: yathā ādarśe (यथा आदर्शे) + tathā ātmani (तथा आत्मनि) + yathā svapne (यथा स्वप्ने) + tathā pitṛ-loke (तथा पितृ-लोके) + yathā apsu (यथा अप्सु) + parīva dadṛśe (परीव ददृशे) + tathā gandharva-loke (तथा गन्धर्व-लोके) + chāyā-ātapayoḥ iva (छाया-आतपयोः इव) + brahma-loke (ब्रह्म-लोके)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yathā ādarśe (यथा आदर्शे) | as in a mirror | Heard yathādarśe (यथादर्शे). |
| tathā ātmani (तथा आत्मनि) | so in the self | Heard tathātmani (तथात्मनि). |
| yathā svapne (यथा स्वप्ने) | as in a dream | So. |
| tathā pitṛ-loke (तथा पितृ-लोके) | so in the world of the fathers | Locative. |
| yathā apsu (यथा अप्सु) | as in water | Heard yathāpsu (यथाप्सु). |
| parīva dadṛśe (परीव ददृशे) | as if seen around | This pāṭha (पाठ)'s phrase for the unclear seeing. |
| tathā gandharva-loke (तथा गन्धर्व-लोके) | so in the gandharva (गन्धर्व) world | Locative. |
| chāyā-ātapayoḥ iva (छाया-आतपयोः इव) | as of shadow and light | Heard chāyātapayor iva (छायातपयोरिव). |
| brahma-loke (ब्रह्म-लोके) | in the world of brahman (ब्रह्मन्) | Locative. |
The phrases
Four places, four kinds of seeing. In the self, as in a mirror. Among the fathers, as in dream. Among the gandharvas (गन्धर्व), as in water. In the brahman (ब्रह्मन्)-world, as shadow and light.
Sanskrit in this line
Yathā ādarśe (यथा आदर्शे) is yathādarśe (यथादर्शे). Yathā apsu (यथा अप्सु) is yathāpsu (यथाप्सु).
Say it back
Say which world is like a mirror.