Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The form of the love (स्वरूप) / 23
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
तद्विहीनं जाराणामिव tadvihīnaṃ jārāṇām iva
The line
What lacks that is like the condition of paramours.
नेपालीमा
त्यो बिना भए जारहरूको जस्तै हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Follows the refusal of an exception. jāra (जार) names a lover who is not a husband. The line is the comparison.
Split: tadvihīnam (तद्विहीनम्) + jārāṇām (जाराणाम्) + iva (इव)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tadvihīnam (तद्विहीनम्) | nominative singular, neuter | that which is deprived of that. The that is the knowledge of greatness. vihīna (विहीन) is left without. Read from the end. |
| jārāṇām (जाराणाम्) | genitive plural, masculine | of paramours, lovers who are not husbands. |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | like, as. |
The phrases
tadvihīnam (तद्विहीनम्) is the thing compared. jārāṇām (जाराणाम्) iva is the comparison. The line states the likeness and stops.
Sanskrit in this line
tadvihīnam (तद्विहीनम्) is recited with anusvāra (अनुस्वार) before j. jārāṇām (जाराणाम्) plus iva joins across the word break, the m taking the vowel of iva.
Say it back
What is the love like when that knowledge is missing?