3.2
तत्र प्रत्ययैकतानता ध्यानम्
tatra pratyayaikatānatā dhyānam
The line
Meditation, there, is one idea stretched continuous.
नेपालीमा
त्यहीँ ध्यान एउटा प्रत्ययलाई निरन्तर तानेर राख्नु हो।
Where it sits
The second inner limb. 3.3 will say what happens when even that idea thins to the object alone. The three are a sequence, not three hobbies.
Split: tatra (तत्र) + pratyaya (प्रत्यय) + ekatā (एकता) + ānatā (आनता) + dhyānam (ध्यानम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. In that holding. |
| pratyaya (प्रत्यय) | stem | an idea, a presenting. |
| ekatā (एकता) | stem | one-ness. |
| ānatā (आनता) | nominative singular, feminine | a stretching, being extended. |
| dhyānam (ध्यानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | meditation. |
The phrases
There, in the holding, meditation is one idea stretched continuous. pratyaya (प्रत्यय) + ekatā (एकता) is a (अ) + e (ए) = ai (ऐ). ekatā (एकता) + ānatā (आनता) is ā (आ) + ā (आ) = ā (आ), which stays ā (आ). ekatānatā (एकतानता) agrees in sense with the stretching of a single idea. dhyānam (ध्यानम्) is the name.
Holding was the binding. Meditation is what the binding is like when the idea does not get replaced.
Sanskrit in this line
a (अ) + e (ए) = ai (ऐ), from 2.41. ā (आ) + ā (आ) does not become some new letter. Two long ā (आ)s are one long ā (आ). tatra (तत्र) points at the holding, anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति) of place.
Say it back
Say what is stretched, and that it is one. Then the name: dhyānam (ध्यानम्).
Next
3.3. Samādhi is that same state shining as the object alone, as if empty of its own form.