2.27
तस्य सप्तधा प्रान्तभूमिः प्रज्ञा
tasya saptadhā prānta-bhūmiḥ prajñā
The line
For that one, insight has a sevenfold last ground.
नेपालीमा
त्यसका लागि प्रज्ञाको अन्तिम भूमि सात तहको हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The argument about suffering, joining, and release pauses here. Insight has a last ground. It is not an endless refinement. 2.28 begins the practical limbs that carry a person to that ground.
Split: tasya (तस्य) + saptadhā (सप्तधा) + prānta (प्रान्त) + bhūmiḥ (भूमिः) + prajñā (प्रज्ञा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | for that one. For the one whose discernment does not waver. |
| saptadhā (सप्तधा) | indeclinable | sevenfold. In seven ways. |
| prānta (प्रान्त) | stem | the far end, the last. |
| bhūmiḥ (भूमिः) | nominative singular, feminine | ground. A last ground of insight. |
| prajñā (प्रज्ञा) | nominative singular, feminine | insight. |
The phrases
tasya (तस्य) is the person of 2.26. prajñā (प्रज्ञा) is nominative, and prānta-bhūmiḥ (प्रान्तभूमिः) agrees with it in the feminine: insight has a last ground, and that ground is sevenfold. The line does not list the seven. Vyāsa (व्यास)'s bhāṣya (भाष्य) gives a count of them. The sūtra (सूत्र) says there is a sevenfold final ground, and stops.
Sanskrit in this line
saptadhā (सप्तधा) is an adverb, “sevenfold,” built with -dhā (धा), “in so many ways.” It does not decline. bhūmiḥ (भूमिः) and prajñā (प्रज्ञा) are both feminine nominatives, so they agree. You do not have to invent the seven members. The line did not give them.
Say it back
Say whose insight, and that its last ground is sevenfold. Do not recite a list the line does not contain.