Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The form of the love (स्वरूप) / 18
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
आत्मरत्यविरोधेनेति शाण्डिल्यः ātmaratyavirodheneti śāṇḍilyaḥ
The line
By its not opposing delight in the self: so says Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य).
नेपालीमा
आत्मरतिसँग नबाझिने गरी हो, शाण्डिल्य यसो भन्छन्।
Where it sits
The third quoted mark.
Split: ātmaratyavirodhena (आत्मरत्यविरोधेन) + iti (इति) + śāṇḍilyaḥ (शाण्डिल्यः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ātmaratyavirodhena (आत्मरत्यविरोधेन) | instrumental singular, masculine | by the absence of opposition to delight in the self. ātman (आत्मन्) is the self. rati (रति) is delight. avirodha (अविरोध) is absence of opposition. The instrumental is the condition. Read from the end. |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. Closes this speaker's account. Recited joined: a plus i becomes e. |
| śāṇḍilyaḥ (शाण्डिल्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य). The speaker of this account. |
The phrases
The instrumental is Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य)'s condition on the same affection. iti closes his account. The devotion remains the thing defined.
Sanskrit in this line
ātmarati (आत्मरति) plus avirodhena is recited ātmaratyavirodhena (आत्मरत्यविरोधेन), because i plus a becomes ya. avirodhena plus iti is avirodheneti, because a plus i becomes e.
Say it back
What must it not oppose, on this account?