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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
तस्याः ज्ञानमेव साधनमित्येके tasyāḥ jñānam eva sādhanam ity eke
The line
Of her, knowledge itself is the means: so say some.
नेपालीमा
कोही भन्छन्, त्यसको साधन ज्ञान नै हो।
Where it sits
The first of three opinions about her means, inside the chapter on its greatness.
Split: tasyāḥ (तस्याः) + jñānam (ज्ञानम्) + eva (एव) + sādhanam (साधनम्) + iti (इति) + eke (एके)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tasyāḥ (तस्याः) | genitive singular, feminine | of her. Of the devotion. |
| jñānam (ज्ञानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | knowledge. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | itself, alone. |
| sādhanam (साधनम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the means. Agrees with jñānam (ज्ञानम्). |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. Closes the opinion. Recited ity (इत्य्) before the vowel. |
| eke (एके) | nominative plural, masculine | some. The speakers of this opinion. |
The phrases
jñānam (ज्ञानम्) and sādhanam (साधनम्) agree. eva limits the means to knowledge. tasyāḥ (तस्याः) is whose means. iti closes the opinion, and eke are the ones who hold it.
Sanskrit in this line
iti plus eke is ity eke. Final i before e becomes y. The visarga of tasyāḥ (तस्याः) stays before j, because the ending is āḥ (आः).
Say it back
What do some say is her only means?