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9.6

कृत्वा मूर्तिपरिज्ञानं चैतन्यस्य न किं गुरुः ।
निर्वेदसमतायुक्त्या यस् तारयति संसृतेः kṛtvā mūrtiparijñānaṃ caitanyasya na kiṃ guruḥ |
nirvedasamatāyuktyā yas tārayati saṃsṛteḥ

The line

Having made a thorough knowledge of the form of consciousness, is he not a teacher, who by the means of weariness and evenness carries one across the round?

नेपालीमा

चेतनाको स्वरूपको परिज्ञान गरेर, निर्वेद र समताको युक्तिले जसले मानिसलाई संसारबाट तार्छ, के ऊ गुरु होइन?

Where it sits

Astavakra is still speaking. The teacher is the one who carries across by weariness and evenness.

Split: kṛtvā (कृत्वा) + mūrtiparijñānam (मूर्तिपरिज्ञानम्) + caitanyasya (चैतन्यस्य) + na (न) + kim (किम्) + guruḥ (गुरुः) + nirvedasamatāyuktyā (निर्वेदसमतायुक्त्या) + yaḥ (यः) + tārayati (तारयति) + saṃsṛteḥ (संसृतेः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

Word	Grammar	Sense
kṛtvā (कृत्वा)	absolutive	having made. From kṛ (कृ).
mūrtiparijñānam (मूर्तिपरिज्ञानम्)	accusative singular, neuter	thorough knowledge of the form.
caitanyasya (चैतन्यस्य)	genitive singular, neuter	of consciousness.
na (न)	indeclinable	not.
kim (किम्)	indeclinable	the question particle.
guruḥ (गुरुः)	nominative singular, masculine	a teacher.
nirvedasamatāyuktyā (निर्वेदसमतायुक्त्या)	instrumental singular, feminine	by the means of weariness and evenness.
yaḥ (यः)	nominative singular, masculine	who. Recited yas (य) before t (त्).
tārayati (तारयति)	present third person singular	carries across. From tṝ (तॄ).
saṃsṛteḥ (संसृतेः)	ablative singular, feminine	from the round of going.

The phrases

kṛtvā (कृत्वा) takes mūrtiparijñānam (मूर्तिपरिज्ञानम्), and caitanyasya depends on it. na kim questions guruḥ (गुरुः). yaḥ (यः) is that teacher, subject of tārayati (तारयति), instrument nirvedasamatāyuktyā (निर्वेदसमतायुक्त्या), ablative saṃsṛteḥ (संसृतेः).

Sanskrit in this line

yaḥ (यः) before tārayati (तारयति) is yas. saṃsṛteḥ (संसृतेः) keeps the visarga at the end of the line.

Say it back

By what means does he carry one across?