4.25
विशेषदर्शिन आत्मभावभावनानिवृत्तिः
viśeṣa-darśina ātma-bhāva-bhāvanā-nivṛttiḥ
The line
For one who sees the distinction, the cultivating of a story of the self stops.
नेपालीमा
भेद देख्नेका लागि आत्माको कथा पाल्ने काम रोकिन्छ।
Where it sits
The turn toward the end. 4.26 says the mind then slopes toward discernment and bears down toward aloneness. 4.27 admits the gaps, where old impressions still throw up ideas.
Split: viśeṣa (विशेष) + darśinaḥ (दर्शिनः) + ātma (आत्म) + bhāva (भाव) + bhāvanā (भावना) + nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| viśeṣa (विशेष) | stem | the distinction. Seer from mind, from 4.24. |
| darśinaḥ (दर्शिनः) | genitive singular of darśin (दर्शिन्) | for one who sees it. |
| ātma (आत्म) | stem | the self. |
| bhāva (भाव) | stem | the story, the sense of being a someone. |
| bhāvanā (भावना) | stem | the cultivating of that story. |
| nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | the stopping. |
The phrases
For one who sees the distinction, the cultivating of a story of the self stops. darśinaḥ (दर्शिनः) is genitive of the person. nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः) is the nominative. The compound is read from the end: a stopping, of the cultivating, of the sense, of a self.
Seeing the distinction is not another story about the self. It is the end of that cultivating.
Sanskrit in this line
Genitive of the person, darśinaḥ (दर्शिनः), from a stem in -in (इन्). The long compound is one nominative, nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः). Read it from the end, slowly, or it becomes a blur of self-words.
Say it back
Read the compound from the end, aloud, until the stopping is the first thing you understand.
Next
4.26. Then the mind slopes toward discernment and bears down toward aloneness.