3.25
प्रवृत्त्यालोकन्यासात् सूक्ष्मव्यवहितविप्रकृष्टज्ञानम्
pravṛtty-āloka-nyāsāt sūkṣma-vyavahita-viprakṛṣṭa-jñānam
The line
By placing the light of a mental activity, knowledge of what is subtle, hidden, or far.
नेपालीमा
मानसिक वृत्तिको प्रकाश राखेर सूक्ष्म, लुकेको वा टाढाको ज्ञान हुन्छ।
Where it sits
1.35 used an activity that carries an object as a way to steady the mind. Here that activity's light is placed, and it reaches what the eyes do not. 3.26 begins a run of “on this place in the world, this knowledge.”
Split: pravṛtti (प्रवृत्ति) + āloka (आलोक) + nyāsāt (न्यासात्) + sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) + vyavahita (व्यवहित) + viprakṛṣṭa (विप्रकृष्ट) + jñānam (ज्ञानम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pravṛtti (प्रवृत्ति) | stem | a mental activity. From 1.35. |
| āloka (आलोक) | stem | light. |
| nyāsāt (न्यासात्) | ablative singular | from placing. From placing the light of that activity. |
| sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) | stem | subtle. |
| vyavahita (व्यवहित) | stem | hidden, screened off. |
| viprakṛṣṭa (विप्रकृष्ट) | stem | far. |
| jñānam (ज्ञानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | knowledge. |
The phrases
By placing the light of a mental activity, knowledge of what is subtle, hidden, or far. pravṛtti (प्रवृत्ति) + āloka (आलोक) joins i (इ) + ā (आ) as yā (या), recited pravṛtty-āloka (प्रवृत्त्यालोक). The three objects share one jñānam (ज्ञानम्).
Sanskrit in this line
i (इ) + ā (आ) = yā (या), the glide from 2.13. Ablative nyāsāt (न्यासात्) is “from the placing.” Three stems, one knowledge. The list-ending rule, with the ending being the word jñānam (ज्ञानम्) rather than a suffix on the last stem.
Say it back
Name the three reaches: subtle, hidden, far.