3.24
बलेषु हस्तिबलादीनि
baleṣu hasti-balādīni
The line
In strengths, the strength of an elephant and the rest.
नेपालीमा
बलहरूमा हात्तीको बल आदि हुन्छ।
Where it sits
3.23 was general. This line gives the scale. It is still a power line, and 3.37 will include it among the things that are obstacles in samādhi (समाधि). Read it as a description of what saṃyama (संयम) can show, not as an assignment.
Split: baleṣu (बलेषु) + hasti (हस्ति) + bala (बल) + ādīni (आदीनि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| baleṣu (बलेषु) | locative plural | in the strengths. In the strengths of 3.23. |
| hasti (हस्ति) | stem | an elephant. |
| bala (बल) | stem | strength. |
| ādīni (आदीनि) | nominative plural, neuter | and the rest. The strength of an elephant and other such strengths. |
The phrases
In those strengths, the strength of an elephant and the rest. bala (बल) + ādi (आदि) is a (अ) + ā (आ) = ā (आ). The locative says where the saṃyama (संयम) is applied. The nominative names what appears.
Sanskrit in this line
a (अ) + ā (आ) = ā (आ) at balādi (बलादि). Locative plural baleṣu (बलेषु) is an a-stem locative plural, -eṣu (एषु), the same ending as grāhyeṣu (ग्राह्येषु) in 1.41.
Say it back
Say the locative and the nominative. You now have both shapes of the power line.
Next
3.25. By placing the light of a mental activity, knowledge of what is subtle, hidden, or far.