1.48
ऋतंभरा तत्र प्रज्ञा
ṛtaṃbharā tatra prajñā
The line
There, insight carries truth.
नेपालीमा
त्यहाँ प्रज्ञाले सत्य बोक्छ।
Where it sits
1.47 was clarity. This line says the insight in that clarity is truthful, not merely bright. 1.49 will distinguish it from insight that comes from hearing or from inference. 1.50 will say what impression it leaves.
Split: ṛtam (ऋतम्) + bharā (भरा) + tatra (तत्र) + prajñā (प्रज्ञा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ṛtam (ऋतम्) | stem | truth. What is as it is. Before b (ब्) the m (म्) is recited as anusvara. |
| bharā (भरा) | nominative singular, feminine | bearing. Carrying that truth. |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. In the lucidity of 1.47. |
| prajñā (प्रज्ञा) | nominative singular, feminine | insight. |
The phrases
ṛtaṃbharā (ऋतंभरा) describes prajñā (प्रज्ञा). Both are feminine. Insight that carries truth. tatra (तत्र) points at the lucid nirvicāra (निर्विचार) of the previous line. The insight is not a separate achievement. It is what is there.
The m (म्) of ṛtam (ऋतम्) before the b (ब्) of bharā (भरा) becomes ṃ (ं). You write ṛtaṃbharā (ऋतंभरा) and you say it as one word.
Sanskrit in this line
A compound in -bhara (भर) or -bharā (भरा) means “bearing” that thing. ṛtaṃbharā (ऋतंभरा) agrees with prajñā (प्रज्ञा) in the feminine, so the noun to supply is not samādhiḥ (समाधिः). And m (म्) before a consonant inside a compound is ṃ (ं). That is why the word is not recited ṛtambharā (ऋतम्भरा).
Say it back
Say prajñā (प्रज्ञा) and the compound that describes it. Hear the anusvara, not an m (म्).