2.18
प्रकाशक्रियास्थितिशीलं भूतेन्द्रियात्मकं भोगापवर्गार्थं दृश्यम्
prakāśa-kriyā-sthiti-śīlaṃ bhūtendriyātmakaṃ bhogāpavargārthaṃ dṛśyam
The line
The seen has the character of light, activity, and staying; it consists of elements and senses; it is for experience and for release.
नेपालीमा
दृश्यको चरित्र प्रकाश, क्रिया र स्थिरता हो, त्यो भूत र इन्द्रियबाट बनेको हुन्छ, र त्यो भोग तथा छुटकाराका लागि हो।
Where it sits
2.17 named the seen only as one side of a joining. This line says what the seen is. It is not “the world” in a casual sense. It is whatever has this character, this makeup, and this purpose. The purpose includes release. The seen is not only a trap. It is also for getting free.
Split: prakāśa (प्रकाश) + kriyā (क्रिया) + sthiti (स्थिति) + śīlam (शीलम्) + bhūta (भूत) + indriya (इन्द्रिय) + ātmakam (आत्मकम्) + bhoga (भोग) + apavarga (अपवर्ग) + artham (अर्थम्) + dṛśyam (दृश्यम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakāśa (प्रकाश) | stem | light, illumination. |
| kriyā (क्रिया) | stem | activity. |
| sthiti (स्थिति) | stem | staying, inertia. |
| śīlam (शीलम्) | nominative singular, neuter | having that as its character. The three are the character of the seen. |
| bhūta (भूत) | stem | the elements. |
| indriya (इन्द्रिय) | stem | the senses. |
| ātmakam (आत्मकम्) | nominative singular, neuter | having those as its nature. Consisting of elements and senses. |
| bhoga (भोग) | stem | experience. |
| apavarga (अपवर्ग) | stem | release, the turning away. |
| artham (अर्थम्) | accusative or nominative, neuter | for the sake of. The seen exists for these two. |
| dṛśyam (दृश्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the seen. The subject this whole line describes. |
The phrases
Three neuter descriptions of one neuter noun, dṛśyam (दृश्यम्). Its character is light, activity, and staying. It consists of elements and senses. It is for experience and for release.
bhūta (भूत) + indriya (इन्द्रिय) meets ātmaka (आत्मक) by a (अ) + ā (आ) = ā (आ): bhūtendriyātmaka (भूतेन्द्रियात्मक). bhoga (भोग) + apavarga (अपवर्ग) is a (अ) + a (अ) = ā (आ). The three guṇas (गुण) are not named, but light, activity, and staying are their characters. 2.19 will name the levels.
Sanskrit in this line
Three agreeing neuter -am (अम्) endings, and the compounds are read from the end: character of these three; having the nature of elements and senses; for the sake of experience and release. -artham (अर्थम्) is “for the sake of,” from 1.32.
Say it back
Describe the seen in the line's three strokes: character, makeup, purpose. Do not add a fourth.