2.39
अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथंतासंबोधः
aparigraha-sthairye janma-kathaṃtā-saṃbodhaḥ
The line
When one is steady in non-grasping, there is knowledge of the how of birth.
नेपालीमा
अपरिग्रहमा स्थिर भएमा जन्म कसरी हुन्छ भन्ने ज्ञान हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The last restraint and the last of these five fruits. The observances' fruits begin at 2.40, in the order of 2.32. The pattern will shift from “when established” to “from,” an ablative.
Split: aparigraha (अपरिग्रह) + sthairye (स्थैर्ये) + janma (जन्म) + kathaṃtā (कथंता) + saṃbodhaḥ (संबोधः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aparigraha (अपरिग्रह) | stem | non-grasping. The fifth restraint. |
| sthairye (स्थैर्ये) | locative singular of sthairya (स्थैर्य) | when there is steadiness. A firm standing, not a single act. |
| janma (जन्म) | stem | birth. |
| kathaṃtā (कथंता) | stem | the how, the what-sort. The question of how birth is. |
| saṃbodhaḥ (संबोधः) | nominative singular, masculine | knowledge, awakening to it. |
The phrases
The opening locative changes noun: not pratiṣṭhāyām (प्रतिष्ठायाम्) but sthairye (स्थैर्ये), steadiness in non-grasping. The fruit is knowledge of the how of birth. kathaṃtā (कथंता) is “howness.” saṃbodhaḥ (संबोधः) is the knowing.
Sanskrit in this line
sthairya (स्थैर्य) is an abstract in -ya (य), “the state of being steady,” and its locative is -e (ए). kathaṃ (कथं) is “how?” and -tā (ता) makes it a noun, “the how.” You have had -tva (त्व) for a state. -tā (ता) is the feminine cousin, the same job.
Say it back
Say the fifth restraint and its fruit. Notice the locative word changed.
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