Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / Defining the love (प्रेम) / 62
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
न तत्सिद्धौ लोकव्यवहारो हेयः किन्तु फलत्यागः तत्साधनं च na tatsiddhau lokavyavahāro heyaḥ kintu phalatyāgaḥ tatsādhanaṃ ca
The line
When that is accomplished, the world's dealings are not to be abandoned. What is asked is the giving up of the fruit, and the means of that.
नेपालीमा
त्यो सिद्ध हुँदा लोकको व्यवहार त्याग्नुपर्ने होइन। गर्नुपर्ने कुरा त फलको त्याग र त्यसको साधन हो।
Where it sits
A limit on the refusal of the world. Still defining the love. tat (तत्) is the love, or its accomplishment, already in view.
Split: na (न) + tatsiddhau (तत्सिद्धौ) + lokavyavahāraḥ (लोकव्यवहारः) + heyaḥ (हेयः) + kintu (किन्तु) + phalatyāgaḥ (फलत्यागः) + tatsādhanam (तत्साधनम्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| tatsiddhau (तत्सिद्धौ) | locative singular, feminine | when that is accomplished. tad (तद्) plus siddhi (सिद्धि). |
| lokavyavahāraḥ (लोकव्यवहारः) | nominative singular, masculine | the dealings of the world. loka (लोक) plus vyavahāra (व्यवहार). Recited lokavyavahāro (लोकव्यवहारो) before h (ह्). |
| heyaḥ (हेयः) | gerundive, nominative singular, masculine | to be abandoned. Agrees with lokavyavahāraḥ (लोकव्यवहारः). na (न) negates it. |
| kintu (किन्तु) | indeclinable | but. kim (किम्) plus tu (तु). |
| phalatyāgaḥ (फलत्यागः) | nominative singular, masculine | the giving up of fruit. phala (फल) plus tyāga (त्याग). |
| tatsādhanam (तत्साधनम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the means of that. tad (तद्) plus sādhana (साधन). |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
The phrases
na (न) goes with heyaḥ (हेयः), and heyaḥ (हेयः) agrees with lokavyavahāraḥ (लोकव्यवहारः). tatsiddhau (तत्सिद्धौ) is the time. kintu (किन्तु) sets phalatyāgaḥ (फलत्यागः) and tatsādhanam (तत्साधनम्) on the other side of that negation.
Sanskrit in this line
lokavyavahāraḥ (लोकव्यवहारः) before h (ह्) is lokavyavahāro (लोकव्यवहारो). Visarga before a voiced consonant becomes o (ओ).
Say it back
When that is accomplished, what is not to be abandoned, and what stands in its place?