4.23
द्रष्टृदृश्योपरक्तं चित्तं सर्वार्थम्
draṣṭṛ-dṛśyoparaktaṃ cittaṃ sarvārtham
The line
The mind, colored by both seer and seen, has every object.
नेपालीमा
द्रष्टा र दृश्य दुवैले रँगिएको चित्तले हरेक विषय लिन्छ।
Where it sits
The mind's range is explained without making the mind the seer. 4.24 is the conclusion of this stretch: a compound acts for another, and the mind is a compound.
Split: draṣṭṛ (द्रष्टृ) + dṛśya (दृश्य) + uparaktaṃ (उपरक्तं) + cittam (चित्तम्) + sarvārtham (सर्वार्थम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| draṣṭṛ (द्रष्टृ) | stem | the seer. |
| dṛśya (दृश्य) | stem | the seen. |
| uparaktaṃ (उपरक्तं) | nominative singular, neuter | colored by both. |
| cittam (चित्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the mind. |
| sarvārtham (सर्वार्थम्) | nominative singular, neuter | having every object. sarva (सर्व) plus artha (अर्थ). |
The phrases
The mind, colored by both seer and seen, has every object. dṛśya (दृश्य) + uparakta (उपरक्त) is a (अ) + u (उ) = o (ओ), recited dṛśyoparakta (दृश्योपरक्त). cittam (चित्तम्) and sarvārtham (सर्वार्थम्) and uparaktaṃ (उपरक्तं) agree, all neuter.
This is why the mind can seem to be everything. It is colored from both sides. The next line says: even a mind painted with everything is still for the sake of another.
Sanskrit in this line
a (अ) + u (उ) = o (ओ) in dṛśyoparakta (दृश्योपरक्त). Three neuter -am (अम्) endings in agreement. sarvārtha (सर्वार्थ) is a bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि), “whose object is everything.” You have read bahuvrīhis (बहुव्रीहि) since saṃskāra-śeṣa (संस्कारशेष).
Say it back
Say what colors the mind. Both. Then what range it has.