4.29
प्रसंख्यानेऽप्यकुसीदस्य सर्वथा विवेकख्यातेर् धर्ममेघः समाधिः
prasaṃkhyāne 'py akusīdasya sarvathā viveka-khyāter dharma-meghaḥ samādhiḥ
The line
For one with no stake even in meditative insight, through discernment at every turn, there is the samādhi (समाधि) called the cloud of dharma.
नेपालीमा
प्रसंख्यानमा समेत दाउ नराख्नेका लागि, हरेक मोडमा विवेकबाट, धर्ममेघ भनिने समाधि हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The last samādhi (समाधि) named in the book. 4.30 says affliction and action cease from it. 4.31 says little remains to be known. 4.32 says the guṇas (गुण), their purpose fulfilled, end their sequence of change.
Split: prasaṃkhyāne (प्रसंख्याने) + api (अपि) + akusīdasya (अकुसीदस्य) + sarvathā (सर्वथा) + viveka (विवेक) + khyāteḥ (ख्यातेः) + dharma (धर्म) + meghaḥ (मेघः) + samādhiḥ (समाधिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prasaṃkhyāne (प्रसंख्याने) | locative singular | in the highest insight. In the meditative knowing that counts everything. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| akusīdasya (अकुसीदस्य) | genitive singular | of one who has no stake. a- (अ) plus kusīda (कुसीद), “one who seeks interest, a return.” |
| sarvathā (सर्वथा) | indeclinable | in every way, at every turn. |
| viveka (विवेक) | stem | discernment. |
| khyāteḥ (ख्यातेः) | ablative singular | from the discernment. Through it. |
| dharma (धर्म) | stem | dharma. What holds, what is right, the order itself. |
| meghaḥ (मेघः) | nominative singular, masculine | a cloud. |
| samādhiḥ (समाधिः) | nominative singular, masculine | the samādhi (समाधि) called that cloud. |
The phrases
For one with no stake even in the highest insight, through discernment at every turn, there is the samādhi (समाधि) called the cloud of dharma. prasaṃkhyāne api (प्रसंख्याने अपि) is recited prasaṃkhyāne 'py (प्रसंख्यानेऽप्य्), e (ए) + a (अ) with avagraha, and api (अपि) before the vowel becomes 'py (ऽप्य्).
akusīdasya (अकुसीदस्य) is genitive of the person. dharma-meghaḥ (धर्ममेघः) and samādhiḥ (समाधिः) are the two nominatives. The name is an image: a cloud that rains dharma, not a cloud one owns.
Sanskrit in this line
e (ए) + a (अ) drops the a (अ), avagraha, from 1.47. Genitive of the person with a privative: no stake. megha (मेघ) is simply “cloud.” The compound dharma-megha (धर्ममेघ) is the name. Do not replace it with a theory of rain. The name is the name.
Say it back
Say who this samādhi (समाधि) belongs to. Someone with no stake, even there.