Kaivalya Pada
Sentence 3
nimittam aprayojakam prakritinam varana bhedastu tatah kshetrikavat ||3||
निमित्तमप्रयोजकं प्रकृतीनांवरणभेदस्तु ततः क्षेत्रिकवत् ॥३॥
nimittam-aprayojakaṁ prakṛtīnāṁ-varaṇa-bhedastu tataḥ kṣetrikavat ||3||
However, outer causes are not sufficient to bring about inner change, which can be likened to a farmer removing a sluice gate so as to allow water to irrigate his rice field so that rice can grow there. ||3||
nimitta (निमित्त, nimitta) = visible cause
aprayojakam (अप्रयोजकं, aprayojakaṁ) = non-causal; not relevant
prakriti (प्रकृति, prakṛti) = nature; matter; creation; physical
varana (वरण, varaṇa) = a wall around a rice field, which is cleft when the field is irrigated, thus allowing water to flow onto the field.
bheda (भेद, bheda) = removal; splitting
tu (तु, tu) = but
tatah (ततः, tataḥ) = thence
kshetrikavat (क्षेत्रिकवत्, kṣetrikavat) = like a farmer
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