Sutra 3
Devanagari script
तेनासनयानयोरासनं व्याख्यातम् ॥ कZ_०७.२.०३ ॥
Transliteration
tena āsana-yānayor āsanaṃ vyākhyātam
Translation
ထိုအကြောင်းပြချက်အရ အနေအထားမလှုပ်ရှားခြင်း (āsana) ကို (အနေအထားမလှုပ်ရှားခြင်းနှင့် ချီတက်ခြင်းတို့အကြား) ရှင်းလင်းဖော်ပြထားသည်။
Word by Word
तेनby that; thereby; with that (as the means)
तेन:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; तृतीया-एकवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गे (करण/हेतु-अर्थे)
आसन‘āsana’ (sitting still/remaining quiet; neutrality)
आसन:
TypeVerbal noun (Kṛdanta)
Rootआस्
Formधातु: आस् (उपवेशने); ल्युट्-प्रत्ययान्तं भाववाचकं/क्रियावाचकं नाम; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (उद्धृत-विषय/प्रकरण-निर्देश)
यानयोःof the two kinds of ‘yāna’ (marching/expedition)
यानयोः:
TypeVerbal noun (Kṛdanta)
Rootया
Formधातु: या (गत्यर्थे); ल्युट्-प्रत्ययान्तं भाववाचकं नाम ‘यान’; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; षष्ठी-द्विवचनम्
आसनम्āsana (neutrality/remaining quiet)
आसनम्:
TypeVerbal noun (Kṛdanta)
Rootआस्
Formधातु: आस्; ल्युट्-प्रत्ययान्तं नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा-एकवचनम्
व्याख्यातम्has been explained/defined
व्याख्यातम्:
TypeVerb (finite; passive)
Rootव्याख्या + कृ (कृञ्)
Formआख्यात-धातु (व्याख्या/व्याख्यै ‘to explain’) से क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त-रूप; कर्मणि प्रयोगे भूतकालिक-निष्पन्नार्थ; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (आसनम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
Entities Mentioned
Ā
āsanaY
yānaFAQs
It refers to the preceding decision logic: if expected gains are equal, prefer the option with fewer inherent costs—thereby favoring āsana over yāna when outcomes are comparable.