3.20
न च तत् सालम्बनं तस्याविषयीभूतत्वात्
na ca tat sālambanaṃ tasyāviṣayībhūtatvāt
The line
But not together with that idea's support, because the support has not been made the object.
नेपालीमा
तर त्यो प्रत्ययको आलम्बनसँगै होइन, किनकि आलम्बनलाई विषय बनाइएको छैन।
Where it sits
A limit on 3.19, in the same breath. The powers are precise. They are not “knowing other people.” 3.21 begins a different application, the body and being unseen.
Split: na (न) + ca (च) + tat (तत्) + sa (स) + ālambanam (आलम्बनम्) + tasya (तस्य) + aviṣayībhūtatvāt (अविषयीभूतत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. And not, a limit added. |
| tat (तत्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. The knowledge of 3.19. |
| sa (स) | stem | with. |
| ālambanam (आलम्बनम्) | nominative singular, neuter | having the support along with it. Not together with what the idea rests on. |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of that. Of the other mind's object. |
| aviṣayībhūtatvāt (अविषयीभूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | because of not having been made the object. a- (अ) plus viṣayībhūta (विषयीभूत), “made into an object.” |
The phrases
But that knowledge does not include the support. sa (स) + ālambana (आलम्बन) is a (अ) + ā (आ) = ā (आ). The reason is the ablative: because that support has not been made the object of the saṃyama (संयम). You knew the idea. You did not take its object as your object. So you do not know the object.
na ca (न च) is the book's way of closing a door it just opened.
Sanskrit in this line
-tvāt (त्वात्) is “because of being,” and the privative a- (अ) is inside it: because of being not-made-the-object. na (न) plus ca (च) is “and not.” Learn to hear a limit line. It often starts with na (न).
Say it back
Say what the knowledge does not include, and the because.