Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / Defining the love (प्रेम) / 60
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
शान्तिरूपात् परमानन्दरूपाच् च śāntirūpāt paramānandarūpāc ca
The line
Because its form is peace, and because its form is the highest bliss.
नेपालीमा
किनभने त्यसको रूप शान्ति हो, र परम आनन्द हो।
Where it sits
The reasons continue. Still defining the love.
Split: śāntirūpāt (शान्तिरूपात्) + paramānandarūpāt (परमानन्दरूपात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śāntirūpāt (शान्तिरूपात्) | ablative singular, neuter | because its form is peace. śānti (शान्ति) plus rūpa (रूप). |
| paramānandarūpāt (परमानन्दरूपात्) | ablative singular, neuter | because its form is the highest bliss. parama (परम) plus ānanda (आनन्द) plus rūpa (रूप). Recited rūpāc (रूपाच्) before ca (च). |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
The phrases
Two more ablatives of cause, coordinated by ca (च). Same love, still unspoken as a new subject. They add why it stands as it does.
Sanskrit in this line
paramānandarūpāt (परमानन्दरूपात्) before ca (च) is paramānandarūpāc (परमानन्दरूपाच्) ca (च). Final t (त्) before c (च्) becomes c (च्).
Say it back
Peace and the highest bliss are the form of what?