Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / Defining the love (प्रेम) / 53
53
the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
प्रकाशते क्वापि पात्रे prakāśate kvāpi pātre
The line
It shines somewhere, in some vessel.
नेपालीमा
कुनै पात्रमा, कतै, त्यो प्रकाशित हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The unsayable form is not absent. It shows in a fit person. Still defining the love.
Split: prakāśate (प्रकाशते) + kva (क्व) + api (अपि) + pātre (पात्रे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakāśate (प्रकाशते) | present third person singular | shines forth, becomes clear. From prakāś (प्रकाश्). |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where. Recited inside kvāpi (क्वापि). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | some, even. With kva (क्व), somewhere. Recited inside kvāpi (क्वापि). |
| pātre (पात्रे) | locative singular, neuter | in a vessel, in a person fit to hold it. |
The phrases
prakāśate (प्रकाशते) takes the love's own form as subject, carried from the opening of the chapter. kvāpi (क्वापि) pātre (पात्रे) is where.
Sanskrit in this line
kva (क्व) plus api (अपि) is kvāpi (क्वापि), a (अ) plus a (अ).
Say it back
Where does it shine?