3.23
मैत्र्यादिषु बलानि
maitry-ādiṣu balāni
The line
In friendliness and the rest, strengths.
नेपालीमा
मैत्री आदिमा बलहरू हुन्छन्।
Where it sits
A short line, and the pattern's locative version: “in X, Y.” 3.24 specifies the strengths. 1.33 was about clearing the mind. Here the same four are an object of saṃyama (संयम).
Split: maitrī (मैत्री) + ādiṣu (आदिषु) + balāni (बलानि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| maitrī (मैत्री) | stem | friendliness. From 1.33. |
| ādiṣu (आदिषु) | locative plural | and the rest, in them. In friendliness, compassion, gladness, equanimity. |
| balāni (बलानि) | nominative plural, neuter | strengths. |
The phrases
In friendliness and the rest, strengths. Saṃyama (संयम) is understood. maitry-ādiṣu (मैत्र्यादिषु) is locative plural. The four attitudes of 1.33, taken as the object, give strengths. balāni (बलानि) is neuter plural.
Sanskrit in this line
Locative plural -ṣu (षु) after i (इ), as in bhūmiṣu (भूमिषु). ādi (आदि) “and the rest” saves the line from repeating four names. You are expected to remember 1.33.
Say it back
Say which four, from memory, then the fruit: balāni (बलानि).
Next
3.24. In strengths, the strength of an elephant and the rest.