3.21
कायरूपसंयमात् तद्ग्राह्यशक्तिस्तम्भे चक्षुःप्रकाशासंप्रयोगेऽन्तर्धानम्
kāya-rūpa-saṃyamāt tad-grāhya-śakti-stambhe cakṣuḥ-prakāśāsaṃprayoge 'ntardhānam
The line
From saṃyama (संयम) on the form of the body, when the power of being grasped is suspended and the eye's light does not meet it, one is unseen.
नेपालीमा
शरीरको रूपमा संयमबाट, समातिने शक्ति रोकिएर आँखाको प्रकाश नमिलेपछि, मानिस अदृश्य हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The first of the bodily powers. 3.22 is next: knowledge of the end, from action already underway or not, or from omens. Some books add a line here, etena śabdādy antardhānam uktam (एतेन शब्दाद्यन्तर्धानमुक्तम्), and number from 3.22 one higher. This book omits it.
Split: kāya (काय) + rūpa (रूप) + saṃyamāt (संयमात्) + tat (तत्) + grāhya (ग्राह्य) + śakti (शक्ति) + stambhe (स्तम्भे) + cakṣus (चक्षु) + prakāśa (प्रकाश) + asaṃprayoge (असंप्रयोगे) + antardhānam (अन्तर्धानम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāya (काय) | stem | the body. |
| rūpa (रूप) | stem | form, the visible look. |
| saṃyamāt (संयमात्) | ablative singular | from saṃyama (संयम) on the form of the body. |
| tat (तत्) | stem | of that form. |
| grāhya (ग्राह्य) | stem | being grasped, being seeable. |
| śakti (शक्ति) | stem | the power. |
| stambhe (स्तम्भे) | locative singular | when there is suspension. When that power is stopped. |
| cakṣus (चक्षु) | stem | the eye. |
| prakāśa (प्रकाश) | stem | light. |
| asaṃprayoge (असंप्रयोगे) | locative singular | when there is no joining. When the eye's light does not meet the body. |
| antardhānam (अन्तर्धानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | disappearance. Being unseen. |
The phrases
From saṃyama (संयम) on the body's form, when the power of being grasped is suspended, and when the eye's light does not meet it, there is disappearance. Two locatives give the conditions. prakāśa (प्रकाश) + asaṃprayoga (असंप्रयोग) is a (अ) + a (अ) = ā (आ). asaṃprayoge antardhāna (असंप्रयोगे अन्तर्धान) is e (ए) + a (अ), the a (अ) dropped, avagraha: 'ntardhānam (ऽन्तर्धानम्).
Unseen means the join between eye and form does not happen. It does not mean the body is gone.
Sanskrit in this line
Two locatives as conditions, and e (ए) + a (अ) with avagraha at the end. antardhāna (अन्तर्धान) is “placing within,” disappearance from view. The ablative saṃyamāt (संयमात्) is still the pattern.
Say it back
Say the two conditions that have to be true before the disappearance. Both are locative.