4.15
वस्तुसाम्ये चित्तभेदात् तयोर् विभक्तः पन्थाः
vastu-sāmye citta-bhedāt tayor vibhaktaḥ panthāḥ
The line
Toward the same thing, minds differ, so the road of the thing and the road of the mind are separate.
नेपालीमा
एउटै वस्तुतिर चित्तहरू फरक हुन्छन्, त्यसैले वस्तुको बाटो र चित्तको बाटो अलग छन्।
Where it sits
4.14 made the thing one. This line keeps the mind from swallowing it. 4.16 states the consequence as a question: if a thing depended on one mind, what would it be when that mind is not looking?
Split: vastu (वस्तु) + sāmye (साम्ये) + citta (चित्त) + bhedāt (भेदात्) + tayoḥ (तयोः) + vibhaktaḥ (विभक्तः) + panthāḥ (पन्थाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vastu (वस्तु) | stem | the thing. |
| sāmye (साम्ये) | locative singular | when the thing is the same. Toward one and the same thing. |
| citta (चित्त) | stem | mind. |
| bhedāt (भेदात्) | ablative singular | because minds differ. |
| tayoḥ (तयोः) | genitive dual | of those two. Of the thing and the mind. |
| vibhaktaḥ (विभक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | divided, separate. |
| panthāḥ (पन्थाः) | nominative singular of pathin (पथिन्) | the road. |
The phrases
Toward the same thing, minds differ, so the road of the thing and the road of the mind are separate. vastu-sāmye (वस्तुसाम्ये) is locative. citta-bhedāt (चित्तभेदात्) is ablative, the because. tayoḥ (तयोः) is dual, the two roads' owners. panthāḥ (पन्थाः) is nominative, “the road,” and vibhaktaḥ (विभक्तः) agrees with it.
If the thing were only a mind's painting, two minds could not differ about one thing and still be talking about a thing. The roads are separate.
Sanskrit in this line
panthāḥ (पन्थाः) is the nominative of pathin (पथिन्) “road,” an irregular noun. Learn the one form. tayoḥ (तयोः) is the genitive dual of tad (तद्), “of those two.” Locative for the shared thing, ablative for the differing minds.
Say it back
Say the two roads. Thing, and mind. They are separate.