Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / Defining the love (प्रेम) / 55
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
तत् प्राप्य तदेवावलोकति तदेव शृणोति तदेव भाषयति तदेव चिन्तयति tat prāpya tadevāvalokati tadeva śṛṇoti tadeva bhāṣayati tadeva cintayati
The line
Having reached that, he looks only at that, hears only that, speaks only that, and thinks only that.
नेपालीमा
त्यो पाएपछि त्यसैलाई हेर्छ, त्यसैलाई सुन्छ, त्यसैलाई बोल्छ, र त्यसैलाई सोचिरहन्छ।
Where it sits
What the person does once the form described above is reached. Still defining the love.
Split: tad (तद्) + prāpya (प्राप्य) + tad (तद्) + eva (एव) + avalokati (अवलोकति) + tad (तद्) + eva (एव) + śṛṇoti (शृणोति) + tad (तद्) + eva (एव) + bhāṣayati (भाषयति) + tad (तद्) + eva (एव) + cintayati (चिन्तयति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tad (तद्) | accusative singular, neuter | that. The form just described. Recited tat (तत्) before p (प्). |
| prāpya (प्राप्य) | gerund | having reached. From pra (प्र) plus āp (आप्). |
| tad (तद्) | accusative singular, neuter | that. Object of avalokati (अवलोकति). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | alone. Recited inside tadevāvalokati (तदेवावलोकति). |
| avalokati (अवलोकति) | present third person singular | looks. From avalok (अवलोक्). Recited inside tadevāvalokati (तदेवावलोकति). |
| tad (तद्) | accusative singular, neuter | that. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | alone. |
| śṛṇoti (शृणोति) | present third person singular | hears. From śru (श्रु). |
| tad (तद्) | accusative singular, neuter | that. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | alone. |
| bhāṣayati (भाषयति) | present third person singular | speaks. From bhāṣ (भाष्). |
| tad (तद्) | accusative singular, neuter | that. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | alone. |
| cintayati (चिन्तयति) | present third person singular | thinks. From cint (चिन्त्). |
The phrases
prāpya (प्राप्य) takes tad (तद्) as its object. Then four finite verbs, each with tad (तद्) eva (एव) as object. The subject is the person who has reached it, not named again.
Sanskrit in this line
tad (तद्) before p (प्) is tat (तत्). eva (एव) plus avalokati (अवलोकति) is evāvalokati (एवावलोकति), a (अ) plus a (अ). The other three tad (तद्) eva (एव) stand before consonants and do not join further.
Say it back
After reaching it, what alone does he look at, hear, speak, and think?