Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / Defining the love (प्रेम) / 56
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
gauṇī tridhā guṇabhedādआrtādibhedād vā
The line
The secondary love is of three kinds, by the division of the strands, or by the division that begins with the distressed.
नेपालीमा
गौण भक्ति तीन थरी हुन्छ, गुणको फरकले, अथवा आर्तबाट सुरु हुने फरकले।
Where it sits
A turn inside defining the love. The unsayable form was the primary. This line names the secondary.
Split: gauṇī (गौणी) + tridhā (त्रिधा) + guṇabhedāt (गुणभेदात्) + ārtādibhedāt (आर्तादिभेदात्) + vā (वा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| gauṇī (गौणी) | nominative singular, feminine | the secondary one. Agrees with bhakti (भक्ति), the love, understood as feminine. |
| tridhā (त्रिधा) | indeclinable | in three ways. |
| guṇabhedāt (गुणभेदात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from the division of the strands. guṇa (गुण) plus bheda (भेद). Recited guṇabhedād (गुणभेदाद्) before the vowel, halant kept. |
| ārtādibhedāt (आर्तादिभेदात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from the division that begins with the distressed. ārta (आर्त) plus ādi (आदि) plus bheda (भेद). Recited ārtādibhedād (आर्तादिभेदाद्) before v (व्). |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
The phrases
gauṇī (गौणी) is the subject, feminine, so the noun in force is bhakti (भक्ति). tridhā (त्रिधा) says how many. The two ablatives are the two ways of dividing, joined by vā (वा).
Sanskrit in this line
guṇabhedāt (गुणभेदात्) before ā (आ) is voiced to d (द्), and the file keeps the halant, so ā (आ) stays independent. ārtādibhedāt (आर्तादिभेदात्) before v (व्) is voiced to d (द्).
Say it back
The secondary love is divided in which two ways?