Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The glory of the chief love (महिमा) / 71
71
the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
मोदन्ते पितरो नृत्यन्ति देवताः सनाथा चेयं भूर् भवति modante pitaro nṛtyanti devatāḥ sanāthā ceyaṃ bhūr bhavati
The line
The ancestors rejoice, the gods dance, and this earth becomes one that has a lord.
नेपालीमा
पितृहरू रमाउँछन्, देवताहरू नाच्छन्, र यो पृथ्वी मालिक भएको हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The effect spreads past the devotees. Still the glory of the chief love. The cause is those devotees.
Split: modante (मोदन्ते) + pitaraḥ (पितरः) + nṛtyanti (नृत्यन्ति) + devatāḥ (देवताः) + sanāthā (सनाथा) + ca (च) + iyam (इयम्) + bhūḥ (भूः) + bhavati (भवति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| modante (मोदन्ते) | present third person plural | they rejoice. From mud (मुद्). |
| pitaraḥ (पितरः) | nominative plural, masculine | the ancestors. Recited pitaro (पितरो) before n (न्). |
| nṛtyanti (नृत्यन्ति) | present third person plural | they dance. From nṛt (नृत्). |
| devatāḥ (देवताः) | nominative plural, feminine | the gods. |
| sanāthā (सनाथा) | nominative singular, feminine | having a lord. Agrees with bhūḥ (भूः). |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. Recited inside ceyam (चेयम्). |
| iyam (इयम्) | nominative singular, feminine | this. Recited inside ceyam (चेयम्). Agrees with bhūḥ (भूः). |
| bhūḥ (भूः) | nominative singular, feminine | the earth. Recited bhūr (भूर्) before bh (भ्). |
| bhavati (भवति) | present third person singular | becomes. |
The phrases
Three clauses. modante (मोदन्ते) takes pitaraḥ (पितरः). nṛtyanti (नृत्यन्ति) takes devatāḥ (देवताः). sanāthā (सनाथा) and iyam (इयम्) agree with bhūḥ (भूः), and bhavati (भवति) is their verb. ca (च) joins the third clause.
Sanskrit in this line
pitaraḥ (पितरः) before n (न्) is pitaro (पितरो). ca (च) plus iyam (इयम्) is ceyam (चेयम्), a (अ) plus i (इ). bhūḥ (भूः) before bh (भ्) is bhūr (भूर्).
Say it back
What do the ancestors do, what do the gods do, and what does this earth become?