2.52
ततः क्षीयते प्रकाशावरणम्
tataḥ kṣīyate prakāśāvaraṇam
The line
Then the covering over the light dwindles.
नेपालीमा
त्यसपछि प्रकाशमाथि लागेको आवरण घट्छ।
Where it sits
The fruit of the fourth breath regulation. Light was the character of the seen in 2.18. A covering on it dwindles. 2.53 will say the mind is then fit for the holdings, which the third pāda (पाद) defines.
Split: tataḥ (ततः) + kṣīyate (क्षीयते) + prakāśa (प्रकाश) + āvaraṇam (आवरणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tataḥ (ततः) | indeclinable | from that. From the fourth. |
| kṣīyate (क्षीयते) | verb, present, passive | it is dwindled, it wastes away. |
| prakāśa (प्रकाश) | stem | light. The illumination of 2.18. |
| āvaraṇam (आवरणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the covering. What lies over the light. |
The phrases
From that, the covering over the light dwindles. kṣīyate (क्षीयते) is a real verb, rare in these lines. The covering is the subject, nominative. It gets dwindled. prakāśa (प्रकाश) + āvaraṇa (आवरण) is a (अ) + ā (आ) = ā (आ).
tataḥ (ततः) before the consonant is written tataḥ (ततः) in the analysis and recited in the line as tataḥ (ततः) only if the following sound allows it. The text has tataḥ kṣīyate (ततः क्षीयते). Before a voiceless k (क्), visarga stays.
Sanskrit in this line
A verb at last. kṣīyate (क्षीयते) is passive, “is made to dwindle,” from the same root as kṣīṇa (क्षीण) in 1.41 and kṣaya (क्षय) in 2.28. The ending -te (ते) is the middle/passive singular. You do not need the whole verb system. You need to notice when a line finally has a verb, and what its subject is. The subject is āvaraṇam (आवरणम्).
Say it back
Say what dwindles. It is the covering, not the light.