Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / Defining the love (प्रेम) / 52
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
मूकास्वादनवत् mūkāsvādanavat
The line
It is like the tasting of someone who cannot speak.
नेपालीमा
बोल्न नसक्नेले स्वाद चाखेजस्तै हो।
Where it sits
First image in the chapter on defining the love. The form just called unsayable is given a likeness.
Split: mūkāsvādanavat (मूकास्वादनवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mūkāsvādanavat (मूकास्वादनवत्) | indeclinable | like the tasting of a mute person. mūka (मूक) cannot speak. āsvādana (आस्वादन) is tasting. vat (वत्) means like. |
The phrases
A vat (वत्) comparison with no new verb. It hangs on premasvarūpam (प्रेमस्वरूपम्) from the line before, the form that cannot be said.
Sanskrit in this line
One compound. mūka (मूक) plus āsvādana (आस्वादन) plus the suffix vat (वत्).
Say it back
Whose tasting is the likeness?