Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The form of the love (स्वरूप) / 17
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
कथादिष्विति गर्गः kathādiṣv iti gargaḥ
The line
In the stories and the rest: so says Garga.
नेपालीमा
कथा आदिमा हो, गर्ग यसो भन्छन्।
Where it sits
The second quoted mark. The affection of the previous line is still the predicate.
Split: kathādiṣu (कथादिषु) + iti (इति) + gargaḥ (गर्गः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kathādiṣu (कथादिषु) | locative plural, masculine | in the stories and the rest. kathā (कथा) is a telling, a story. Recited kathādiṣv (कथादिष्व्) before the vowel. |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. Closes this speaker's account. |
| gargaḥ (गर्गः) | nominative singular, masculine | Garga. The speaker of this account. |
The phrases
kathādiṣu (कथादिषु) replaces pūjādiṣu (पूजादिषु). anurāgaḥ (अनुरागः) is carried from the previous line and is not repeated. iti closes the account. gargaḥ (गर्गः) is the speaker.
Sanskrit in this line
kathādiṣu (कथादिषु) plus iti is recited kathādiṣv (कथादिष्व्) iti. Final u before i becomes v. The visarga of gargaḥ (गर्गः) stays, because the line ends.
Say it back
In what does Garga place it?