Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / Its greatness (महत्त्व) / 32
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
न तेन राजा परितोषः क्षुच्छान्तिर् वा na tena rājā paritoṣaḥ kṣucchāntir vā
The line
By that, contentment does not come to the king, nor the stilling of hunger.
नेपालीमा
त्यसले राजालाई सन्तोष हुँदैन, भोक शान्त पनि हुँदैन।
Where it sits
What the sight at the king's meal shows, inside the chapter on its greatness.
Split: na (न) + tena (तेन) + rājā (राजा) + paritoṣaḥ (परितोषः) + kṣucchāntiḥ (क्षुच्छान्तिः) + vā (वा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Covers both results. |
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | by that. By the mere sight, or the mere knowing, of the previous line. |
| rājā (राजा) | nominative singular, masculine | the king. The person in the example. |
| paritoṣaḥ (परितोषः) | nominative singular, masculine | contentment. |
| kṣucchāntiḥ (क्षुच्छान्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | the stilling of hunger. kṣudh (क्षुध्) is hunger. śānti (शान्ति) is a quieting. Inside the word, t plus ś (श्) becomes cch, and the ā (आ) of śānti (शान्ति) stays long. Recited kṣucchāntir (क्षुच्छान्तिर्) before v (व्). Read from the end. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. Joins the stilling of hunger to the contentment. |
The phrases
na covers paritoṣaḥ (परितोषः) and kṣucchāntiḥ (क्षुच्छान्तिः). vā (वा) joins the second nominative. tena is the means, the mere seeing carried from the previous line. rājā (राजा) is the person of the example. A verb of becoming is not printed. The two results are denied of that means.
Sanskrit in this line
kṣudh (क्षुध्) plus śānti (शान्ति) is kṣucchāntiḥ (क्षुच्छान्तिः). Before vā (वा) the visarga becomes r, so the line reads kṣucchāntir (क्षुच्छान्तिर्) vā (वा). The ā (आ) of śānti (शान्ति) is long in the print.
Say it back
What two results fail to come by that?