Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / Defining the love (प्रेम) / 54
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
गुणरहितं कामनारहितं प्रतिक्षणवर्धमानं अविच्छिन्नं सूक्ष्मतरं अनुभवरूपम् guṇarahitaṃ kāmanārahitaṃ pratikṣaṇavardhamānaṃ avicchinnaṃ sūkṣmataraṃ anubhavarūpam
The line
It is without the strands, without desire, growing every moment, unbroken, finer, and its form is experience.
नेपालीमा
त्यो गुणरहित छ, कामनारहित छ, प्रत्येक क्षण बढ्छ, अटुट छ, झन् सूक्ष्म छ, र अनुभव नै त्यसको रूप हो।
Where it sits
The description of the unsayable form, still in defining the love. No new subject is named.
Split: guṇarahitam (गुणरहितम्) + kāmanārahitam (कामनारहितम्) + pratikṣaṇavardhamānam (प्रतिक्षणवर्धमानम्) + avicchinnam (अविच्छिन्नम्) + sūkṣmataram (सूक्ष्मतरम्) + anubhavarūpam (अनुभवरूपम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇarahitam (गुणरहितम्) | nominative singular, neuter | without the strands. guṇa (गुण) plus rahita (रहित). Agrees with premasvarūpam (प्रेमस्वरूपम्). |
| kāmanārahitam (कामनारहितम्) | nominative singular, neuter | without desire. kāmanā (कामना) plus rahita (रहित). |
| pratikṣaṇavardhamānam (प्रतिक्षणवर्धमानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | growing at every moment. pratikṣaṇa (प्रतिक्षण) plus vardhamāna (वर्धमान). |
| avicchinnam (अविच्छिन्नम्) | nominative singular, neuter | unbroken. a (अ) plus vicchinna (विच्छिन्न). |
| sūkṣmataram (सूक्ष्मतरम्) | nominative singular, neuter | finer, more subtle. Comparative of sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म). |
| anubhavarūpam (अनुभवरूपम्) | nominative singular, neuter | whose form is experience. anubhava (अनुभव) plus rūpa (रूप). |
The phrases
Six nominatives, no verb. All agree with premasvarūpam (प्रेमस्वरूपम्), the own form carried from the chapter opening. They describe it. They do not name a new subject.
Sanskrit in this line
Anusvara before a vowel is kept, so vardhamānam (वर्धमानम्) avicchinnam (अविच्छिन्नम्) and sūkṣmataram (सूक्ष्मतरम्) anubhavarūpam (अनुभवरूपम्) stay ंअ in the print. The line ends on halant m (म्).
Say it back
Name the six marks of this form.