Shloka 98

प्रत्याहारवर्णनम्

Pratyāhāra—Cosmic Withdrawal / Dissolution Sequence

Devanagari script

शुद्धत्वान्न तु दृश्यो वै द्रष्टृत्वात्समदर्शनः / आत्मप्रत्ययकारित्वादन्यूनं वाप्यहेतुकम्

Transliteration

śuddhatvānna tu dṛśyo vai draṣṭṛtvātsamadarśanaḥ / ātmapratyayakāritvādanyūnaṃ vāpyahetukam

Translation

By purity He is not an object of sight; as the Seer, He beholds all equally. Since He brings forth the certainty of the Self, He is neither deficient nor without cause.

Word by Word

• śuddhatvāt: from purity; because of purity
• śuddhatvāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuddhatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Adversative particle (विरोध/तु-अव्यय)

• dṛśyaḥ: visible; to be seen
• dṛśyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛśya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय)

• draṣṭṛtvāt: because of being the seer
• draṣṭṛtvāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: draṣṭṛtva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• sama-darśanaḥ: one of equal vision
• sama-darśanaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयः (equal + seeing)

• ātma-pratyaya-kāritvāt: because it produces self-cognition
• ātma-pratyaya-kāritvāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + pratyaya (प्रातिपदिक) + kāritva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ātma-pratyayasya kāritvam)

• anyūnam: not deficient; complete
• anyūnam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anyūna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Disjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय)

• api: also; even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय)

• ahetukam: causeless; without motive/cause
• ahetukam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-hetuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)