Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The means (साधन) / 50
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
स तरति स तरति स लोकांस् तारयति sa tarati sa tarati sa lokāṃs tārayati
The line
He crosses, he crosses, and he carries the worlds across.
नेपालीमा
ऊ तर्छ, ऊ तर्छ, र ऊ लोकहरूलाई तारिदिन्छ।
Where it sits
Last line of the chapter on the means. saḥ (सः) is the person the question has been describing.
Split: saḥ (सः) + tarati (तरति) + saḥ (सः) + tarati (तरति) + saḥ (सः) + lokān (लोकान्) + tārayati (तारयति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | he. Visarga of this pronoun drops before a consonant. The one described since the question. |
| tarati (तरति) | present third person singular | crosses. |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | he. Said again. |
| tarati (तरति) | present third person singular | crosses. The verb of the question, now answered. |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | he. |
| lokān (लोकान्) | accusative plural, masculine | worlds, people. Recited lokāṃs (लोकांस्) before t (त्). |
| tārayati (तारयति) | present third person singular | carries across. Causative of tṝ (तॄ). |
The phrases
Three clauses with saḥ (सः). The first two answer kaḥ (कः) tarati (तरति). The third keeps the same subject and makes the verb causative, with lokān (लोकान्) as object.
Sanskrit in this line
The pronoun saḥ (सः) is recited sa (स) before a consonant. lokān (लोकान्) before t (त्) is lokāṃs (लोकांस्).
Say it back
What does he do for the worlds, after he himself crosses?