3.16
परिणामत्रयसंयमादतीतानागतज्ञानम्
pariṇāma-traya-saṃyamād atītānāgata-jñānam
The line
From saṃyama (संयम) on the three transformations, knowledge of past and future.
नेपालीमा
तीन परिणाममा संयमबाट भूत र भविष्यको ज्ञान हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The theory of change becomes a practice. 3.17 is the next application: word, object, and idea, pulled apart. The powers are applications of 3.4, not a new yoga.
Split: pariṇāma (परिणाम) + traya (त्रय) + saṃyamāt (संयमात्) + atīta (अतीत) + anāgata (अनागत) + jñānam (ज्ञानम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pariṇāma (परिणाम) | stem | transformation. The changes of 3.9–3.15. |
| traya (त्रय) | stem | the three. |
| saṃyamāt (संयमात्) | ablative singular | from saṃyama (संयम). From applying the three inner limbs to this. |
| atīta (अतीत) | stem | the past. |
| anāgata (अनागत) | stem | the future. Not yet come. |
| jñānam (ज्ञानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | knowledge. |
The phrases
From saṃyama (संयम) on the three transformations, knowledge of past and future. saṃyamāt (संयमात्) before the vowel is recited saṃyamād (संयमाद्), t (त्) becoming d (द्). atīta (अतीत) + anāgata (अनागत) is a (अ) + a (अ) = ā (आ).
This is the pattern of the powers. Ablative saṃyamāt (संयमात्), “from saṃyama (संयम) on,” plus a nominative knowledge. Learn the pattern here. The later lines will often leave saṃyama (संयम) understood and only name the object.
Sanskrit in this line
Ablative -āt (आत्) with a final t (त्) before a vowel becoming d (द्). You know both. saṃyamāt (संयमात्) is the word to hear in every power line, even when a later line omits it and only gives the object in the locative.
Say it back
Say the pattern in skeleton form: from saṃyama (संयम) on X, knowledge of Y. Then fill X and Y for this line.