Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The form of the love (स्वरूप) / 8
8
the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
निरोधस् तु लोकवेदव्यापारन्यासः nirodhas tu lokavedavyāpāranyāsaḥ
The line
And restraint is the laying down of activity that belongs to the world and to the Veda.
नेपालीमा
निरोध भनेको लोक र वेदका व्यापारलाई छाड्नु हो।
Where it sits
Defines the restraint named in the previous line.
Split: nirodhaḥ (निरोधः) + tu (तु) + lokavedavyāpāranyāsaḥ (लोकवेदव्यापारन्यासः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nirodhaḥ (निरोधः) | nominative singular, masculine | restraint. The word just used. Recited with s before t (त्). |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and. Marks the definition. |
| lokavedavyāpāranyāsaḥ (लोकवेदव्यापारन्यासः) | nominative singular, masculine | the laying down of activity in the world and in the Veda. loka (लोक) is the world. veda (वेद) is the Veda. vyāpāra (व्यापार) is activity. nyāsa (न्यास) is a laying down. Read from the end. |
The phrases
Two nominatives. nirodhaḥ (निरोधः) is lokavedavyāpāranyāsaḥ (लोकवेदव्यापारन्यासः). tu marks the sentence as the definition of the word just used.
Sanskrit in this line
nirodhaḥ (निरोधः) before tu is recited nirodhas. Visarga before voiceless t becomes s. The long compound is one nominative, and the case sits on nyāsaḥ (न्यासः).
Say it back
What is laid down?