Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The form of the love (स्वरूप) / 24
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
नास्त्येव तस्मिन् तत्सुखसुखित्वम् nāsty eva tasmin tatsukhasukhitvam
The line
In that, there is simply no state of being happy in his happiness.
नेपालीमा
त्यसमा उसको सुखमा सुखी हुने भाव पटक्कै हुँदैन।
Where it sits
Closes the chapter on the form of the supreme bhakti. The absence sits in the love that lacks the knowledge of greatness.
Split: na (न) + asti (अस्ति) + eva (एव) + tasmin (तस्मिन्) + tatsukhasukhitvam (तत्सुखसुखित्वम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Denies asti (अस्ति). Recited joined: a plus a becomes ā (आ), so nāsti (नास्ति). |
| asti (अस्ति) | present third person singular | there is. Recited asty (अस्त्य्) before the vowel, inside nāsty (नास्त्य्). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed, simply. |
| tasmin (तस्मिन्) | locative singular, neuter | in that. In the love just said to lack the knowledge. |
| tatsukhasukhitvam (तत्सुखसुखित्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the state of being happy in that one's happiness. sukhin (सुखिन्) is one who is happy. sukha (सुख) is happiness. Read from sukhitvam (सुखित्वम्). This is the thing denied. |
The phrases
na asti eva denies the nominative tatsukhasukhitvam. tasmin is where that state is absent. The tasmin points to the love the previous line compared to paramours.
Sanskrit in this line
na plus asti is nāsti (नास्ति). asti plus eva is nāstyeva (नास्त्येव), i plus e becoming y. tasmin before tat keeps the dental n, so the line reads tasmintat. The final m of sukhitvam stays.
Say it back
What state is simply absent there?