Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The means (साधन) / 34
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
तृतीयोऽध्यायः भक्तिसाधनानि तस्याः साधनानि गायन्त्याचार्याः tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ bhaktisādhanāni tasyāḥ sādhanāni gāyanty ācāryāḥ
The line
Third chapter: the means of devotion. The teachers sing her means.
नेपालीमा
तेस्रो अध्याय, भक्तिका साधन। आचार्यहरू त्यसका साधन गाउँछन्।
Where it sits
This sūtra (सूत्र) starts the chapter on the means. The chapter name is the name in the Sanskrit Documents text, tṛtīyo (तृतीयो) 'dhyāyaḥ (ध्यायः) bhaktisādhanāni (भक्तिसाधनानि), and those heading words stand inside this numbered line.
Split: tṛtīyaḥ (तृतीयः) + adhyāyaḥ (अध्यायः) + bhaktisādhanāni (भक्तिसाधनानि) + tasyāḥ (तस्याः) + sādhanāni (साधनानि) + gāyanti (गायन्ति) + ācāryāḥ (आचार्याः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tṛtīyaḥ (तृतीयः) | nominative singular, masculine | third. Agrees with adhyāyaḥ (अध्यायः). Recited tṛtīyo (तृतीयो) before a vowel. |
| adhyāyaḥ (अध्यायः) | nominative singular, masculine | chapter. The a is the avagraha after tṛtīyo (तृतीयो). |
| bhaktisādhanāni (भक्तिसाधनानि) | nominative plural, neuter | the means of devotion. The chapter name. sādhana (साधन) is a means. Read from the end. |
| tasyāḥ (तस्याः) | genitive singular, feminine | of her. Of the devotion. |
| sādhanāni (साधनानि) | accusative plural, neuter | the means. Object of gāyanti (गायन्ति). |
| gāyanti (गायन्ति) | present third person plural | they sing, they utter. From gai (गै). Recited with y before the next vowel. |
| ācāryāḥ (आचार्याः) | nominative plural, masculine | the teachers. Subject of gāyanti (गायन्ति). |
The phrases
tṛtīyaḥ (तृतीयः) agrees with adhyāyaḥ (अध्यायः), and bhaktisādhanāni (भक्तिसाधनानि) is the name. ācāryāḥ (आचार्याः) is the subject of gāyanti (गायन्ति). sādhanāni (साधनानि) is the object, and tasyāḥ (तस्याः) says whose means.
Sanskrit in this line
tṛtīyaḥ (तृतीयः) plus adhyāyaḥ (अध्यायः) is tṛtīyo (तृतीयो) 'dhyāyaḥ (ध्यायः). gāyanti (गायन्ति) plus ācāryāḥ (आचार्याः) is gāyantyācāryāḥ (गायन्त्याचार्याः), because i plus ā (आ) becomes yā (या). The visarga of tasyāḥ (तस्याः) stays before s.
Say it back
What do the teachers sing?