4.5
प्रवृत्तिभेदे प्रयोजकं चित्तमेकमनेकेषाम्
pravṛtti-bhede prayojakaṃ cittam ekam anekeṣām
The line
Where the activities differ, one mind is what directs the many.
नेपालीमा
जहाँ वृत्तिहरू फरक छन्, एउटै चित्तले धेरैलाई चलाउँछ।
Where it sits
The answer to the worry of 4.4. Many minds, one director. 4.6 says which of them stores nothing: the one born of meditation.
Split: pravṛtti (प्रवृत्ति) + bhede (भेदे) + prayojakam (प्रयोजकम्) + cittam (चित्तम्) + ekam (एकम्) + anekeṣām (अनेकेषाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pravṛtti (प्रवृत्ति) | stem | activity. |
| bhede (भेदे) | locative singular | when there is a difference. Where the activities differ. |
| prayojakam (प्रयोजकम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the director. What sets them going. The word 4.3 denied of the occasion. |
| cittam (चित्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the mind. |
| ekam (एकम्) | nominative singular, neuter | one. |
| anekeṣām (अनेकेषाम्) | genitive plural | of the many. For the many minds. |
The phrases
Where the activities differ, one mind directs the many. pravṛtti-bhede (प्रवृत्तिभेदे) is locative. prayojakam cittam ekam (प्रयोजकम् चित्तमेकम्) are three neuter nominatives in agreement. anekeṣām (अनेकेषाम्) is genitive plural, “of the many.”
4.3 said the occasion is not a prayojaka (प्रयोजक). This line says there is a prayojaka (प्रयोजक), and it is one mind. The constructed minds do not each run the show.
Sanskrit in this line
Locative for the situation, nominative for the director, genitive for the many it directs. aneka (अनेक) is an- (अन्) plus eka (एक), “not one,” hence “many.” Its genitive plural is anekeṣām (अनेकेषाम्).
Say it back
Say how many direct, and how many are directed. One, and many.
Next
4.6. Among them, the one born of meditation carries no store.