3.12
ततः पुनः शान्तोदितौ तुल्यप्रत्ययौ चित्तस्यैकाग्रतापरिणामः
tataḥ punaḥ śāntoditau tulya-pratyayau cittasyaikāgratā-pariṇāmaḥ
The line
Then, when the subsided idea and the arisen idea are equal, that is the mind's transformation into one-pointedness.
नेपालीमा
त्यसपछि शान्त भएको प्रत्यय र उठेको प्रत्यय बराबर भए त्यो चित्तको एकाग्रतामा परिणाम हो।
Where it sits
The third transformation. 3.13 says these three changes explain how elements and senses change. 3.15 will say a different sequence is a different change. Then 3.16 applies saṃyama (संयम) to the three changes and gets knowledge of past and future.
Split: tataḥ (ततः) + punaḥ (पुनः) + śānta (शान्त) + uditau (उदितौ) + tulya (तुल्य) + pratyayau (प्रत्ययौ) + cittasya (चित्तस्य) + ekāgratā (एकाग्रता) + pariṇāmaḥ (परिणामः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tataḥ (ततः) | indeclinable | from that. After the shift of 3.11. |
| punaḥ (पुनः) | indeclinable | again. A further change. |
| śānta (शान्त) | stem | the subsided. The idea that has quieted. |
| uditau (उदितौ) | nominative dual | and the arisen. The dual covers subsided and arisen. |
| tulya (तुल्य) | stem | equal. |
| pratyayau (प्रत्ययौ) | nominative dual | the two ideas, being equal. |
| cittasya (चित्तस्य) | genitive singular | of the mind. |
| ekāgratā (एकाग्रता) | stem | one-pointedness. |
| pariṇāmaḥ (परिणामः) | nominative singular, masculine | the transformation. |
The phrases
Then, again, when the subsided idea and the arisen idea are equal, that is the mind's transformation into one-pointedness. śānta (शान्त) + udita (उदित) is a (अ) + u (उ) = o (ओ), recited śāntoditau (शान्तोदितौ). cittasya (चित्तस्य) + ekāgratā (एकाग्रता) is a (अ) + e (ए) = ai (ऐ), recited cittasyaikāgratā (चित्तस्यैकाग्रता).
One-pointedness is not a frozen single idea. It is the quiet in which the idea that just subsided and the idea now present have equal weight. The mind is not lurching.
Sanskrit in this line
Two sandhis you know, both easy to miss because the line is long. a (अ) + u (उ) = o (ओ) in śāntodita (शान्तोदित). a (अ) + e (ए) = ai (ऐ) in cittasyaikāgra (चित्तस्यैकाग्र). Dual -au (औ) marks the pair of ideas. Find the duals before you translate.
Say it back
Find both dual endings. They are the pair the line is built on.