Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The form of the love (स्वरूप) / 21
21
the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
यथा व्रजगोपिकानाम् yathā vrajagopikānām
The line
As of the cowherd women of Vraja.
नेपालीमा
जस्तो व्रजका गोपिकाहरूको।
Where it sits
The likeness for the affirmation in the previous line.
Split: yathā (यथा) + vrajagopikānām (व्रजगोपिकानाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as, in the manner of. |
| vrajagopikānām (व्रजगोपिकानाम्) | genitive plural, feminine | of the cowherd women of Vraja. vraja (व्रज) is the cow settlement. gopikā (गोपिका) is a woman who keeps cows. Read from the end. |
The phrases
yathā (यथा) sets a likeness for the affirmation asti evam evam. The genitive says whose love is the likeness.
Sanskrit in this line
yathā (यथा) stands with its long ā (आ). vraja plus gopikānām (गोपिकानाम्) is one genitive plural, and the case sits on the end.
Say it back
Whose love is the likeness?