Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The glory of the chief love (महिमा) / 78
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
अहिंसासत्यशौचदयास्तिक्यादिचरित्राणि परिपालनीयानि ahiṃsāsatyaśaucadayāstikyādicaritrāṇi paripālanīyāni
The line
The conducts of not harming, truth, cleanness, pity, faith that it is, and the rest are to be kept.
नेपालीमा
अहिंसा, सत्य, शौच, दया, आस्तिक्य आदिका चरित्र पालना गर्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
What is to be kept, after the charge about time. Still the glory of the chief love.
Split: ahiṃsāsatyaśaucadayāstikyādicaritrāṇi (अहिंसासत्यशौचदयास्तिक्यादिचरित्राणि) + paripālanīyāni (परिपालनीयानि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ahiṃsāsatyaśaucadayāstikyādicaritrāṇi (अहिंसासत्यशौचदयास्तिक्यादिचरित्राणि) | nominative plural, neuter | the conducts of not harming, truth, cleanness, pity, faith that it is, and the rest. Read from caritra (चरित्र). |
| paripālanīyāni (परिपालनीयानि) | gerundive, nominative plural, neuter | to be kept, to be guarded. Agrees with caritrāṇi (चरित्राणि). |
The phrases
A neuter plural and its gerundive. The members before ādi (आदि) are the conducts named. No person is named as a new subject.
Sanskrit in this line
One compound. The plural sits on caritrāṇi (चरित्राणि). ahiṃsā (अहिंसा) keeps anusvara before s (स्).
Say it back
Which conducts are to be kept?