Shloka 99

प्रत्याहारवर्णनम्

Pratyāhāra—Cosmic Withdrawal / Dissolution Sequence

Devanagari script

भावग्राह्यमनुमानाच्चिन्तयन्न प्रमुह्यते / यदा पश्यति ज्ञातारं शान्तार्थं दर्शनात्मकम्

Transliteration

bhāvagrāhyamanumānāccintayanna pramuhyate / yadā paśyati jñātāraṃ śāntārthaṃ darśanātmakam

Translation

以推理思惟可由境相领会之理者，不致迷乱；当他见到那知者——以寂静为义、以观照为体——之时。

Word by Word

• bhāva-grāhyam: graspable as a state/being
• bhāva-grāhyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + grāhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (bhāvasya grāhyam)

• anumānāt: from inference; by inference
• anumānāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anumāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• cintayan: thinking; contemplating
• cintayan: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cint (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/शतृ), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

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

• pramuhyate: is deluded; becomes confused
• pramuhyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-muh (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• yadā: when
• yadā: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Temporal adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• jñātāram: the knower
• jñātāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• śānta-artham: whose purport is peace; tranquil in import
• śānta-artham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śānta (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयः (peaceful + in meaning/aim)

• darśana-ātmakam: of the nature of direct seeing/vision
• darśana-ātmakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (darśanasya ātmakaḥ)