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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
अन्योन्याश्रयत्वमित्यन्ये anyonyāśrayatvam ity anye
The line
Others say it is a resting of each upon the other.
नेपालीमा
अरू भन्छन्, एकअर्कामा आश्रित हुनु हो।
Where it sits
The second opinion.
Split: anyonyāśrayatvam (अन्योन्याश्रयत्वम्) + iti (इति) + anye (अन्ये)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anyonyāśrayatvam (अन्योन्याश्रयत्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the state of resting on each other. anyonya (अन्योन्य) is each other. āśraya (आश्रय) is a resting, a support. The two that rest on each other are the knowledge and the devotion of the previous line. Read from the end. |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. Closes the opinion. Recited ity (इत्य्) before the vowel. |
| anye (अन्ये) | nominative plural, masculine | others. The speakers of this opinion. |
The phrases
anyonyāśrayatvam (अन्योन्याश्रयत्वम्) is the whole opinion. iti closes it. anye are the speakers, set against eke of the previous line. The predicate sādhanam (साधनम्) is carried.
Sanskrit in this line
anyonya plus āśraya (आश्रय) is anyonyāśraya (अन्योन्याश्रय), a plus ā (आ) becoming ā (आ). iti plus anye is ity anye. Final m of the neuter joins the vowel of iti.
Say it back
What do the others say?