1.39
यथाभिमतध्यानाद् वा
yathābhimata-dhyānād vā
The line
Or from meditation on what suits.
नेपालीमा
अथवा मन पर्ने कुराको ध्यानबाट पनि त्यो हुन्छ।
Where it sits
After several particular supports, the book refuses to make one of them mandatory. The test is whether the mind stays. 1.40 will say how wide the mastery is once it does stay.
Split: yathā (यथा) + abhimata (अभिमत) + dhyānāt (ध्यानात्) + vā (वा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | in whichever way, as. |
| abhimata (अभिमत) | stem | what is agreeable, what suits this mind. |
| dhyānāt (ध्यानात्) | ablative singular of dhyāna (ध्यान) | from meditation. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. The last of this run of alternatives. |
The phrases
yathābhimata-dhyānāt (यथाभिमतध्यानात्) is an ablative: from meditation on whatever suits. yathā (यथा) + abhimata (अभिमत) is ā (आ) + a (अ) = ā (आ). The line does not name the object. Any object that actually holds this mind qualifies.
vā (वा) closes the series that began at 1.34. The next line stops offering alternatives and says what has become possible.
Sanskrit in this line
The new word is yathā (यथा), “in the way that suits,” joined to the next word by ā (आ) + a (अ) = ā (आ). The ablative -āt (आत्) is the same “from” as praṇidhānāt (प्रणिधानात्). A meditation is a source the steadiness comes from.
Say it back
Say the compound, and do not add an object the line does not name.
Next
1.40. One's mastery then runs from the smallest atom to the greatest magnitude.