1.32
तत्प्रतिषेधार्थमेकतत्त्वाभ्यासः
tat-pratiṣedhārtham eka-tattvābhyāsaḥ
The line
To stop them, practice of one principle.
नेपालीमा
तिनीहरूलाई रोक्न एउटै तत्त्वको अभ्यास गरिन्छ।
Where it sits
1.13 defined practice as the effort to stay steady. This line aims that practice at the obstacles. The next lines, 1.33 through 1.39, are ways of making the mind fit to stay on that one thing. They are options, joined by vā (वा).
Split: tat (तत्) + pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध) + artham (अर्थम्) + eka (एक) + tattva (तत्त्व) + abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tat (तत्) | stem | that. The scattering and its companions. |
| pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध) | stem | warding off, stopping. |
| artham (अर्थम्) | accusative singular, neuter | for the sake of. The purpose of the practice. |
| eka (एक) | stem | one. |
| tattva (तत्त्व) | stem | a real thing, a principle. One, not the nine obstacles in rotation. |
| abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) | nominative singular, masculine | practice. The same word as in 1.13. |
The phrases
tat-pratiṣedhārtham (तत्प्रतिषेधार्थम्) is an accusative of purpose: for the sake of stopping that. pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध) + artha (अर्थ) is a (अ) + a (अ) = ā (आ). The line does not say the stopping has already happened. It says what the practice is for.
eka-tattvābhyāsaḥ (एकतत्त्वाभ्यासः) is the nominative, the thing recommended. Practice of one principle. tattva (तत्त्व) + abhyāsa (अभ्यास) is again a (अ) + a (अ) = ā (आ). One object, returned to, is the answer to a mind scattered nine ways.
Sanskrit in this line
The new ending is -artham (अर्थम्), accusative, “for the sake of,” at the end of a compound. When you see -artham (अर्थम्), ask “for the sake of what?” before you translate the whole line.
Say it back
Answer “for the sake of what?” with tat-pratiṣedhārtham (तत्प्रतिषेधार्थम्), and “what practice?” with eka-tattvābhyāsaḥ (एकतत्त्वाभ्यासः).