Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The form of the love (स्वरूप) / 4
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
यल्लब्ध्वा पुमान् सिद्धो भवति अमृतो भवति तृप्तो भवति yallabdhvā pumān siddho bhavati amṛto bhavati tṛpto bhavati
The line
Having gained which, a person becomes accomplished, becomes deathless, and becomes content.
नेपालीमा
जसलाई पाएर पुरुष सिद्ध हुन्छ, अमृत हुन्छ, तृप्त हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The first of three relative sentences on the devotion, still in the chapter on the form of the supreme bhakti.
Split: yat (यत्) + labdhvā (लब्ध्वा) + pumān (पुमान्) + siddhaḥ (सिद्धः) + bhavati (भवति) + amṛtaḥ (अमृतः) + bhavati (भवति) + tṛptaḥ (तृप्तः) + bhavati (भवति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yat (यत्) | accusative singular, neuter | which. Object of the gerund, pointing back to the devotion. Recited yal (यल्) before l (ल्). |
| labdhvā (लब्ध्वा) | gerund, indeclinable | having gained. From labh (लभ्). |
| pumān (पुमान्) | nominative singular, masculine | a person. |
| siddhaḥ (सिद्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | accomplished, arrived. Agrees with pumān (पुमान्). Recited siddho (सिद्धो) before b (ब्). |
| bhavati (भवति) | present third person singular | becomes. The verb for siddhaḥ (सिद्धः). |
| amṛtaḥ (अमृतः) | nominative singular, masculine | deathless. Agrees with pumān (पुमान्). Recited amṛto (अमृतो) before b (ब्). |
| bhavati (भवति) | present third person singular | becomes. The verb for amṛtaḥ (अमृतः). |
| tṛptaḥ (तृप्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | content, filled. Agrees with pumān (पुमान्). Recited tṛpto (तृप्तो) before b (ब्). |
| bhavati (भवति) | present third person singular | becomes. The verb for tṛptaḥ (तृप्तः). |
The phrases
yat is the object of labdhvā (लब्ध्वा) and points back to the devotion. pumān (पुमान्) is the subject of the three verbs. siddhaḥ (सिद्धः), amṛtaḥ (अमृतः), and tṛptaḥ (तृप्तः) each agree with pumān (पुमान्) and each has its own bhavati.
Sanskrit in this line
yat plus labdhvā (लब्ध्वा) is recited yallabdhvā (यल्लब्ध्वा). Final t before l becomes l. Each predicate in aḥ (अः) becomes o before bhavati. Between bhavati and amṛtaḥ (अमृतः) the vowels are both kept.
Say it back
What three things does the person become?