Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The form of the love (स्वरूप) / 14
14
the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
लोकोऽपि तावदेव भोजनादि व्यापारस् त्वाशरीरधारणावधि loko 'pi tāvad eva bhojanādi vyāpāras tv āśarīradhāraṇāvadhi
The line
Even the world goes only so far. Activity such as eating goes only as far as keeping the body.
नेपालीमा
लोक पनि त्यति मात्र हो। भोजन आदिको व्यापार चाहिँ शरीर धानिएसम्म हो।
Where it sits
Sets the reach of the world and of eating, after the ruling about the teaching.
Split: lokaḥ (लोकः) + api (अपि) + tāvat (तावत्) + eva (एव) + bhojanādi (भोजनादि) + vyāpāraḥ (व्यापारः) + tu (तु) + āśarīradhāraṇāvadhi (आशरीरधारणावधि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| lokaḥ (लोकः) | nominative singular, masculine | the world, ordinary life. Recited loko (लोको) before a vowel. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. The a is the avagraha after loko (लोको). |
| tāvat (तावत्) | indeclinable | only so far, up to that point. Points back to the firmness just named. Recited tāvad (तावद्) before a vowel. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | just, only. |
| bhojanādi (भोजनादि) | nominative singular, neuter | eating and the rest. bhojana (भोजन) is eating. ādi (आदि) is what follows from that, the rest of that kind. |
| vyāpāraḥ (व्यापारः) | nominative singular, masculine | activity. Recited with s before t (त्). |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but. Sets this activity off from lokaḥ (लोकः). Recited joined to the next vowel: u plus ā (आ) becomes vā (वा). |
| āśarīradhāraṇāvadhi (आशरीरधारणावधि) | indeclinable | up to the keeping of the body. ā (आ) marks the limit. śarīra (शरीर) is the body. dhāraṇa (धारण) is holding, keeping. avadhi (अवधि) is the limit. Read from the end. |
The phrases
lokaḥ (लोकः) api tāvat (तावत्) eva is the first claim: the world goes only so far. tu starts the second claim. bhojanādi (भोजनादि) names the sort of vyāpāraḥ (व्यापारः), though the genders differ. āśarīradhāraṇāvadhi (आशरीरधारणावधि) is the limit of that activity.
Sanskrit in this line
lokaḥ (लोकः) plus api is loko 'pi. The visarga becomes o and the a of api is the avagraha. tāvat (तावत्) plus eva is tāvad (तावद्) eva, t becoming d before the vowel. vyāpāraḥ (व्यापारः) plus tu is heard with s between them. tu plus āśarīra (आशरीर) is tvāśarīra (त्वाशरीर).
Say it back
How far does the world go, and how far does eating go?