2.26
विवेकख्यातिरविप्लवा हानोपायः
viveka-khyātir aviplavā hānopāyaḥ
The line
Unwavering discernment is the means of release.
नेपालीमा
नडगमगाउने विवेक छुटकाराको उपाय हो।
Where it sits
2.25 said release is the absence of joining, which is the absence of ignorance. This line names how that absence is reached: discernment that stays. 2.27 will say what the insight looks like when the means has done its work. 2.28 will turn from the argument to the eight limbs that support it.
Split: viveka (विवेक) + khyātiḥ (ख्यातिः) + aviplavā (अविप्लवा) + hāna (हान) + upāyaḥ (उपायः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| viveka (विवेक) | stem | discernment. Telling seer from seen. |
| khyātiḥ (ख्यातिः) | nominative singular, feminine | the seeing, the clear knowing of that discernment. |
| aviplavā (अविप्लवा) | nominative singular, feminine | unwavering. Not sliding back. Agrees with khyātiḥ (ख्यातिः). |
| hāna (हान) | stem | of the release. From 2.25. |
| upāyaḥ (उपायः) | nominative singular, masculine | the means. |
The phrases
viveka-khyātiḥ (विवेकख्यातिः) is the seeing that discerns. aviplavā (अविप्लवा) agrees with it: unwavering. Before aviplavā (अविप्लवा), khyātiḥ (ख्यातिः) is recited khyātir (ख्यातिर्), iḥ (इः) before a vowel.
hānopāyaḥ (हानोपायः) is the predicate: the means of release. hāna (हान) + upāya (उपाय) is a (अ) + u (उ) = o (ओ). The means is not a new technique. It is discernment that does not waver.
Sanskrit in this line
iḥ (इः) before a vowel is ir (इर्), from 1.35. a (अ) + u (उ) = o (ओ), from 2.4. Both are in this short line. upāya (उपाय) means “means,” and hāna-upāya (हानौपाय) is “the means of release,” read from the end.
Say it back
Say the means in Sanskrit, with aviplavā (अविप्लवा) still attached. The adjective is the part people drop.