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Yoga-sūtra with Vyāsa's bhāṣya · 1.47
46 nirvicāravaiśāradye 'dhyātmaprasādaḥ
Translation. When the lucidity (vaiśāradya) of non-reflective concentration (nirvicāra-samādhi) arises, there is clarity of the inner faculty (adhyātma-prasāda).
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Word by word
| surface | lemma | grammar |
|---|
| nirvicāravaiśāradye | nirvicāravaiśāradya | pass |
| adhyātmaprasādaḥ | adhyātmaprasāda | pass |
How the commentary settled it
Where the verse alone is ambiguous, the reading follows Vyāsa's commentary; the deciding lines are quoted below each decision.
The first compound means “the lucidity of non-reflective concentration”: nirvicāra elliptically qualifies samādhi, rather than directly describing vaiśāradya.→ A genitive tatpuruṣa with the commentary-supplied head samādhi: nirvicārasya samādher vaiśāradyam.
ys [2]yadā nirvicārasya samādher vaiśāradyam idaṃ jāyate
When this lucidity of non-reflective concentration arises.
Vaiśāradya denotes cognitive lucidity or transparency here, not practical skill or expertise.→ Lucidity (vaiśāradya), defined as the clear steady flow of the luminous buddhi-sattva when unobscured by rajas and tamas.
ys [1]aśuddhyāvaraṇamalāpetasya prakāśātmano buddhisattvasya rajastamobhyām anabhibhūtaḥ svacchaḥ sthitipravāho vaiśāradyam.
Lucidity is the clear flow of stability of the luminous buddhi-sattva, from which the defiling veil of impurity has departed and which is not overpowered by rajas and tamas.
The locative nirvicāravaiśāradye is construed conditionally and temporally: when the lucidity arises, adhyātmaprasāda is present. The nominal sūtra therefore permits an English copular clause supplied from the commentary.→ Temporal-conditional, represented by “when,” with “arises” and “there is” supplied from the commentary’s yadā … jāyate tadā … bhavati construction.
ys [2]yadā nirvicārasya samādher vaiśāradyam idaṃ jāyate tadā yogino bhavaty adhyātmaprasādo
When this lucidity of non-reflective concentration arises, then the yogin has clarity of the inner faculty.
Adhyātmaprasāda is analyzed grammatically as a genitive tatpuruṣa, adhyātmasya prasādaḥ, “clarity of the inner faculty.” The commentary does not give an explicit vigraha; the choice follows ordinary compound grammar and adhyātma in the sense “belonging to oneself” [MW s.v. adhyātma, 23,2].
→ Genitive tatpuruṣa: adhyātmasya prasādaḥ.
Prasāda is rendered as cognitive clarity, not divine favor, graciousness, or merely emotional serenity. The commentary characterizes it as distinct and directed toward things as they really are; its immediate context is the purified luminous buddhi-sattva.→ Clarity of the inner cognitive faculty (adhyātmaprasāda).
ys [1]prakāśātmano buddhisattvasya rajastamobhyām anabhibhūtaḥ svacchaḥ sthitipravāho vaiśāradyam
Lucidity is the clear steady flow of the luminous buddhi-sattva when it is not overpowered by rajas and tamas.
ys [2]adhyātmaprasādo bhūtārthaviṣayaḥ kramānanurodhī sphuṭaḥ
Clarity of the inner faculty has things as they really are for its object, does not conform to sequence, and is distinct.
Vyāsa's commentary on this unit
1aśuddhyāvaraṇamalāpetasya prakāśātmano buddhisattvasya rajastamobhyām anabhibhūtaḥ svacchaḥ sthitipravāho vaiśāradyam.
2yadā nirvicārasya samādher vaiśāradyam idaṃ jāyate tadā yogino bhavaty adhyātmaprasādo bhūtārthaviṣayaḥ kramānanurodhī sphuṭaḥ praj