Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The form of the love (स्वरूप) / 6
6
the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
यज्ज्ञात्वा मत्तो भवति स्तब्धो भवति आत्मारामो भवति yajjñātvā matto bhavati stabdho bhavati ātmārāmo bhavati
The line
Having known which, he becomes maddened, becomes stock still, and becomes one who delights in the self.
नेपालीमा
जसलाई जानेर ऊ मत्त हुन्छ, स्तब्ध हुन्छ, आत्मामा रमाउने हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The third relative sentence. Knowing is added beside gaining and reaching.
Split: yat (यत्) + jñātvā (ज्ञात्वा) + mattaḥ (मत्तः) + bhavati (भवति) + stabdhaḥ (स्तब्धः) + bhavati (भवति) + ātmārāmaḥ (आत्मारामः) + bhavati (भवति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yat (यत्) | accusative singular, neuter | which. Object of the gerund. Recited yaj (यज्) before jñ (ज्ञ्). |
| jñātvā (ज्ञात्वा) | gerund, indeclinable | having known. From jñā (ज्ञा). |
| mattaḥ (मत्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | maddened, beside himself. Agrees with the person. Recited matto (मत्तो) before b (ब्). |
| bhavati (भवति) | present third person singular | becomes. The verb for mattaḥ (मत्तः). |
| stabdhaḥ (स्तब्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | stopped, stock still. Agrees with the person. Recited stabdho (स्तब्धो) before b (ब्). |
| bhavati (भवति) | present third person singular | becomes. The verb for stabdhaḥ (स्तब्धः). |
| ātmārāmaḥ (आत्मारामः) | nominative singular, masculine | one who delights in the self. ātman (आत्मन्) is the self. ārāma (आराम) is delight. Agrees with the person. Recited ātmārāmo (आत्मारामो) before b (ब्). Read from the end. |
| bhavati (भवति) | present third person singular | becomes. The verb for ātmārāmaḥ (आत्मारामः). |
The phrases
The same relative pattern. The person is the subject. Three predicates, three verbs. ātmārāmaḥ (आत्मारामः) agrees with him.
Sanskrit in this line
yat plus jñātvā (ज्ञात्वा) is recited yajjñātvā (यज्ज्ञात्वा). Final t before the palatal j becomes j, and the j of jñā (ज्ञा) stays, so the j is doubled. Visarga before each bhavati becomes o. The vowels of bhavati and ātmārāmaḥ (आत्मारामः) are both kept.
Say it back
What three things does he become once he knows?