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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
लोकहानौ चिन्ता न कार्या निवेदितात्मलोकवेदत्वात् lokahānau cintā na kāryā niveditātmalokavedatvāt
The line
When the world falls away, worry is not to be done, because the self, the world, and the Veda have been offered.
नेपालीमा
लोक हराउँदा चिन्ता गर्नु हुँदैन, किनभने आत्मा, लोक र वेद अर्पण भइसकेका छन्।
Where it sits
The chapter on defining the love turns from what the love is to what is not to be done.
Split: lokahānau (लोकहानौ) + cintā (चिन्ता) + na (न) + kāryā (कार्या) + niveditātmalokavedatvāt (निवेदितात्मलोकवेदत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| lokahānau (लोकहानौ) | locative singular, feminine | when the world falls away. loka (लोक) plus hāni (हानि). |
| cintā (चिन्ता) | nominative singular, feminine | worry, anxious thought. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| kāryā (कार्या) | gerundive, nominative singular, feminine | to be done. Agrees with cintā (चिन्ता). |
| niveditātmalokavedatvāt (निवेदितात्मलोकवेदत्वात्) | ablative singular, neuter | because the self, the world, and the Veda have been offered. Read from tva (त्व). nivedita (निवेदित) plus ātman (आत्मन्) plus loka (लोक) plus veda (वेद). |
The phrases
lokahānau (लोकहानौ) is the time. cintā (चिन्ता) with na (न) kāryā (कार्या) is the prohibition. The long ablative is the reason.
Sanskrit in this line
One compound ablative. The case sits on tva (त्व). ātman (आत्मन्), loka (लोक), and veda (वेद) are the things offered.
Say it back
When the world falls away, what is not to be done, and why?