2.44
स्वाध्यायादिष्टदेवतासंप्रयोगः
svādhyāyād iṣṭa-devatā-saṃprayogaḥ
The line
From self-study, contact with the chosen deity.
नेपालीमा
स्वाध्यायबाट रोजेको देवतासँग सम्पर्क हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The fourth observance. Self-study was recitation and study. Its fruit is contact, not information. Dedication to Īśvara (ईश्वर) is the last observance, and its fruit is the samādhi (समाधि) the first pāda (पाद) was about.
Split: svādhyāyāt (स्वाध्यायात्) + iṣṭa (इष्ट) + devatā (देवता) + saṃprayogaḥ (संप्रयोगः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svādhyāyāt (स्वाध्यायात्) | ablative singular | from self-study. |
| iṣṭa (इष्ट) | stem | chosen, desired. |
| devatā (देवता) | stem | a deity. |
| saṃprayogaḥ (संप्रयोगः) | nominative singular, masculine | contact, a coming together with. |
The phrases
From self-study, contact with the chosen deity. svādhyāyāt iṣṭa (स्वाध्यायातिष्ट) is recited svādhyāyād iṣṭa (स्वाध्यायादिष्ट), t (त्) before a vowel becoming d (द्) again. The compound is read from the end: a contact, with a deity, and the deity is the chosen one.
Sanskrit in this line
No new sandhi. t (त्) before a vowel is d (द्), from 2.42 and 1.41. saṃprayoga (संप्रयोग) is “contact,” saṃ- (सं) plus prayoga (प्रयोग). Read from the end.
Say it back
Say the observance and who the contact is with.
Next
2.45. From dedication to Īśvara, the mastery that is samādhi.