Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The glory of the chief love (महिमा) / 72
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
नास्ति तेषु जातिविद्यारूपकुलधनक्रियादि भेदः nāsti teṣu jātividyārūpakuladhanakriyādi bhedaḥ
The line
Among them there is no distinction of birth, learning, form, family, wealth, action, and the rest.
नेपालीमा
उनीहरूमा जात, विद्या, रूप, कुल, धन, काम आदिको भेद हुँदैन।
Where it sits
A refusal of rank inside the group just described. Still the glory of the chief love.
Split: na (न) + asti (अस्ति) + teṣu (तेषु) + jātividyārūpakuladhanakriyādibhedaḥ (जातिविद्यारूपकुलधनक्रियादिभेदः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Recited inside nāsti (नास्ति). |
| asti (अस्ति) | present third person singular | is. From as. Recited inside nāsti (नास्ति). |
| teṣu (तेषु) | locative plural, masculine | among them. The devotees. |
| jātividyārūpakuladhanakriyādibhedaḥ (जातिविद्यारूपकुलधनक्रियादिभेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a distinction of birth, learning, form, family, wealth, action, and the rest. Read from bheda (भेद). The print leaves a space before bhedaḥ (भेदः). |
The phrases
na (न) and asti (अस्ति) is the verb. teṣu (तेषु) is where. The compound is the thing that is not. teṣu (तेषु) points to the devotees of this chapter.
Sanskrit in this line
na (न) plus asti (अस्ति) is nāsti (नास्ति). The print leaves a space before bhedaḥ (भेदः). The case sits on bhedaḥ (भेदः), so the table keeps one compound.
Say it back
Among whom is there no such distinction?