Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / Defining the love (प्रेम) / 63
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
स्त्रीधननास्तिकचरित्रं न श्रवणीयम् strīdhananāstikacaritraṃ na śravaṇīyam
The line
Tales of women, of wealth, and of those who deny are not to be heard.
नेपालीमा
स्त्री, धन र नमान्नेको चरित्र सुन्नु हुँदैन।
Where it sits
Another refusal inside defining the love, beside the worry that was not to be done.
Split: strīdhananāstikacaritram (स्त्रीधननास्तिकचरित्रम्) + na (न) + śravaṇīyam (श्रवणीयम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| strīdhananāstikacaritram (स्त्रीधननास्तिकचरित्रम्) | nominative singular, neuter | tales of women, of wealth, and of those who deny. strī (स्त्री) plus dhana (धन) plus nāstika (नास्तिक) plus caritra (चरित्र). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| śravaṇīyam (श्रवणीयम्) | gerundive, nominative singular, neuter | to be heard. Agrees with the compound. |
The phrases
na (न) śravaṇīyam (श्रवणीयम्) agrees with the neuter compound. One prohibition. No new person is named.
Sanskrit in this line
One compound. The case sits on caritra (चरित्र). The print has anusvara before na (न).
Say it back
What is not to be heard?