3.3
तदेवार्थमात्रनिर्भासं स्वरूपशून्यमिव समाधिः
tad evārtha-mātra-nirbhāsaṃ svarūpa-śūnyam iva samādhiḥ
The line
Samādhi (समाधि) is that same state shining as the object alone, as if empty of its own form.
नेपालीमा
समाधि त्यही अवस्था हो, जसमा वस्तु मात्र झल्किन्छ, मानौँ आफ्नै रूप रित्तो छ।
Where it sits
The three inner limbs are defined. 3.4 gathers them. 3.7 will call them inner relative to the earlier limbs. 3.8 will call even them outer relative to seedless samādhi (समाधि).
Split: tat (तत्) + eva (एव) + artha (अर्थ) + mātra (मात्र) + nirbhāsam (निर्भासम्) + svarūpa (स्वरूप) + śūnyam (शून्यम्) + iva (इव) + samādhiḥ (समाधिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tat (तत्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. Meditation itself. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | that very same. |
| artha (अर्थ) | stem | the object. |
| mātra (मात्र) | stem | alone. |
| nirbhāsam (निर्भासम्) | nominative singular, neuter | shining. |
| svarūpa (स्वरूप) | stem | its own form. |
| śūnyam (शून्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | empty. |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | as if. |
| samādhiḥ (समाधिः) | nominative singular, masculine | samādhi (समाधि). The eighth limb, named as this state. |
The phrases
tat eva (ततेव) is “that same,” recited tad eva (तदेव) only in analysis; before the vowel of artha (अर्थ) the line joins eva (एव) + artha (अर्थ) as evārtha (एवार्थ), a (अ) + a (अ) = ā (आ). That same meditation, shining as the object alone, as if empty of its own form, is samādhi (समाधि).
This is the same description as nirvitarkā (निर्वितर्का) in 1.43, now as the definition of the limb samādhi (समाधि). śūnyam iva (शून्यमिव) keeps the “as if.” The form is not said to be annihilated.
Sanskrit in this line
No new ending. a (अ) + a (अ) = ā (आ) joins eva (एव) to artha (अर्थ). Neuter -am (अम्) on nirbhāsam (निर्भासम्) and śūnyam (शून्यम्) describes tat (तत्), meditation, which is neuter. samādhiḥ (समाधिः) is masculine. Each keeps its gender, the rule of 1.7.
Say it back
Say how samādhi (समाधि) differs from meditation. The difference is “object alone,” and the “as if.”