4.20
एकसमये चोभयानवधारणम्
eka-samaye cobhayānavadhāraṇam
The line
And both cannot be determined in a single moment.
नेपालीमा
अनि दुवैलाई एकै क्षणमा निश्चय गर्न सकिँदैन।
Where it sits
The first reply to 4.19, rejected. 4.21 rejects the second reply, that a second mind sees the first.
Split: eka (एक) + samaye (समये) + ca (च) + ubhaya (उभय) + anavadhāraṇam (अनवधारणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| eka (एक) | stem | one. |
| samaye (समये) | locative singular | in one moment. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. And furthermore. |
| ubhaya (उभय) | stem | both. |
| anavadhāraṇam (अनवधारणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the not-determining. Both cannot be determined at once. |
The phrases
And both cannot be determined in a single moment. ca (च) + ubhaya (उभय) is a (अ) + u (उ) = o (ओ), recited cobhaya (चोभय). ubhaya (उभय) + anavadhāraṇa (अनवधारण) is a (अ) + a (अ) = ā (आ). The two that cannot be grasped together are the mind's own form and the object. A single moment does not hold both determinations.
So the reply “it illuminates itself and the object together” fails on time. One moment, one determination.
Sanskrit in this line
a (अ) + u (उ) = o (ओ) in ca (च) + ubhaya (उभय) = cobhaya (चोभय). Locative samaye (समये), “in one moment.” The nominative anavadhāraṇam (अनवधारणम्) is a privative abstract used as the whole predicate: there is a not-determining of both.
Say it back
Say what cannot happen in one moment. Both.