4.4
निर्माणचित्तान्यस्मितामात्रात्
nirmāṇa-cittāny asmitā-mātrāt
The line
Constructed minds arise from I-sense alone.
नेपालीमा
बनाइएका चित्तहरू अस्मिताबाट मात्र उठ्छन्।
Where it sits
4.5 will say that where the activities differ, one mind directs the many. 4.6 will say the mind born of meditation carries no store. The plural minds are a problem only if each one stores action. The next two lines handle that.
Split: nirmāṇa (निर्माण) + cittāni (चित्तानि) + asmitā (अस्मिता) + mātrāt (मात्रात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nirmāṇa (निर्माण) | stem | construction. A making. |
| cittāni (चित्तानि) | nominative plural, neuter | minds. Constructed minds. |
| asmitā (अस्मिता) | stem | I-sense. |
| mātrāt (मात्रात्) | ablative singular | from that alone. From I-sense and nothing further. |
The phrases
Constructed minds arise from I-sense alone. cittāni (चित्तानि) is the neuter plural of citta (चित्त), now with its real ending, -āni (आनि). asmitā-mātrāt (अस्मितामात्रात्) is ablative: from I-sense alone. cittāni asmitā (चित्तानि अस्मिता) is recited cittāny asmitā (चित्तान्यस्मिता), i (इ) before a vowel becoming y (य्).
The line is about the many minds a power can project. Their source is not a second puruṣa (पुरुष). It is I-sense alone.
Sanskrit in this line
Neuter plural of citta (चित्त) is cittāni (चित्तानि). You have waited since 1.2 to see this noun in the plural with an ending. Here it is. i (इ) + a (अ) becomes y (य्): cittāni asmitā (चित्तानि अस्मिता) is cittāny asmitā (चित्तान्यस्मिता). Ablative -āt (आत्) is the source.
Say it back
Say where the constructed minds come from. One source: asmitā-mātrāt (अस्मितामात्रात्).
Next
4.5. Where the activities differ, one mind is what directs the many.