Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The glory of the chief love (महिमा) / 77
77
the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
सुखदुःखेच्छालाभादित्यक्ते काले प्रतीक्ष्यमाणे क्षणार्धमपि व्यर्थं न नेयम् sukhaduḥkhecchālābhādityakte kāle pratīkṣyamāṇe kṣaṇārdham api vyarthaṃ na neyam
The line
Even half a moment is not to be spent fruitless, while one awaits the time in which pleasure, pain, wish, gain, and the rest have been given up.
नेपालीमा
सुख, दुःख, इच्छा, लाभ आदि छोडिएको समय कुरिँदा पनि आधा क्षण खेर फाल्नु हुँदैन।
Where it sits
A charge about time, in the glory of the chief love.
Split: sukhaduḥkhecchālābhādityakte (सुखदुःखेच्छालाभादित्यक्ते) + kāle (काले) + pratīkṣyamāṇe (प्रतीक्ष्यमाणे) + kṣaṇārdham (क्षणार्धम्) + api (अपि) + vyartham (व्यर्थम्) + na (न) + neyam (नेयम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sukhaduḥkhecchālābhādityakte (सुखदुःखेच्छालाभादित्यक्ते) | locative singular, masculine | in which pleasure, pain, wish, gain, and the rest are given up. sukha (सुख) plus duḥkha (दुःख) plus icchā (इच्छा) plus lābha (लाभ) plus ādi (आदि) plus tyakta (त्यक्त). Agrees with kāle (काले). |
| kāle (काले) | locative singular, masculine | in the time, at the time. |
| pratīkṣyamāṇe (प्रतीक्ष्यमाणे) | present participle, locative singular, masculine | being awaited. From pratīkṣ (प्रतीक्ष्). Agrees with kāle (काले). |
| kṣaṇārdham (क्षणार्धम्) | nominative singular, neuter | half a moment. kṣaṇa (क्षण) plus ardha (अर्ध). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| vyartham (व्यर्थम्) | nominative singular, neuter | fruitless, empty of aim. Agrees with kṣaṇārdham (क्षणार्धम्). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| neyam (नेयम्) | gerundive, nominative singular, neuter | to be led, to be spent. From nī (नी). Agrees with kṣaṇārdham (क्षणार्धम्). |
The phrases
A locative absolute: kāle (काले) with tyakte (त्यक्ते) and pratīkṣyamāṇe (प्रतीक्ष्यमाणे). Then kṣaṇārdham (क्षणार्धम्), vyartham (व्यर्थम्), and na (न) neyam (नेयम्) agree in the neuter. api (अपि) limits kṣaṇārdham (क्षणार्धम्).
Sanskrit in this line
kṣaṇārdham (क्षणार्धम्) before api (अपि) joins. The long locative is one compound agreeing with kāle (काले).
Say it back
How much time is not to be spent fruitless?