2.35
अहिंसाप्रतिष्ठायां तत्संनिधौ वैरत्यागः
ahiṃsā-pratiṣṭhāyāṃ tat-saṃnidhau vaira-tyāgaḥ
The line
When non-harm is established, hostility is given up in one's presence.
नेपालीमा
अहिंसा स्थापित भएमा आफ्नो सामु वैर छोडिन्छ।
Where it sits
The five restraints now receive their fruits, one line each, in the order of 2.30. This is the pattern through 2.39. Each line is locative of establishment, then a nominative fruit.
Split: ahiṃsā (अहिंसा) + pratiṣṭhāyām (प्रतिष्ठायाम्) + tat (तत्) + saṃnidhau (संनिधौ) + vaira (वैर) + tyāgaḥ (त्यागः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ahiṃsā (अहिंसा) | stem | non-harm. The first restraint. |
| pratiṣṭhāyām (प्रतिष्ठायाम्) | locative singular of pratiṣṭhā (प्रतिष्ठा) | when there is establishment. When it is firmly set. |
| tat (तत्) | stem | of that one. Of the person in whom it is established. |
| saṃnidhau (संनिधौ) | locative singular | in the presence. |
| vaira (वैर) | stem | hostility. |
| tyāgaḥ (त्यागः) | nominative singular, masculine | the giving up. |
The phrases
ahiṃsā-pratiṣṭhāyām (अहिंसाप्रतिष्ठायाम्) is locative: when non-harm is established. tat-saṃnidhau (तत्संनिधौ) is locative too: in that person's presence. vaira-tyāgaḥ (वैरत्यागः) is the nominative: hostility is given up.
The line does not say the person becomes unable to be attacked by magic. It says hostility is given up in the presence of someone in whom non-harm is firm. The fruit is a change in the room.
Sanskrit in this line
Locative -ām (आम्) is the locative of an ā (आ)-stem: pratiṣṭhā (प्रतिष्ठा) becomes pratiṣṭhāyām (प्रतिष्ठायाम्). You have had locative -e (ए) and -au (औ). This is the third shape, for nouns in -ā (आ). The relation is still “when / in.”
Say it back
Say the pattern you will reuse: when this restraint is established, this fruit. Then the fruit of non-harm.
Next
2.36. When truth is established, action and its fruit come to rest on one's words.