3.5
तज्जयात् प्रज्ञालोकः
taj-jayāt prajñālokaḥ
The line
From mastery of that, the light of insight.
नेपालीमा
त्यसको वशबाट प्रज्ञाको प्रकाश हुन्छ।
Where it sits
3.4 named the practice. This is what mastery of it gives before any particular power is listed. 3.37 will later call the powers obstacles to samādhi (समाधि). The light of insight is not filed with them.
Split: tat (तत्) + jayāt (जयात्) + prajñā (प्रज्ञा) + ālokaḥ (आलोकः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tat (तत्) | stem | of that. Of saṃyama (संयम). |
| jayāt (जयात्) | ablative singular of jaya (जय) | from mastery. |
| prajñā (प्रज्ञा) | stem | insight. |
| ālokaḥ (आलोकः) | nominative singular, masculine | light, illumination. |
The phrases
From mastery of that, the light of insight. tat (तत्) + jaya (जय) is taj-jaya (तज्जय), t (त्) before j (ज्). prajñā (प्रज्ञा) + āloka (आलोक) is ā (आ) + ā (आ) = ā (आ). The light is the fruit. The powers listed later are not this fruit. This fruit is insight.
Sanskrit in this line
t (त्) before j (ज्) becomes j (ज्), from 1.28. Ablative -āt (आत्) is “from.” āloka (आलोक) is “light,” a cousin of prakāśa (प्रकाश). Read prajñāloka (प्रज्ञालोक) from the end: a light, of insight.
Say it back
Say the source and the fruit. The source is mastery, not the power.