Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The glory of the chief love (महिमा) / 83
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
इत्येवं वदन्ति जनजल्पनिर्भयाः एकमताः कुमार व्यास शुक शाण्डिल्य गर्ग विष्णु कौण्डिण्य शेषोद्धवारुणि बलि हनुमद् विभीषणादयो भक्त्याचार्याः ity evaṃ vadanti janajalpanirbhayāḥ ekamatāḥ kumāra vyāsa śuka śāṇḍilya garga viṣṇu kauṇḍiṇya śeṣoddhavāruṇi bali hanumad vibhīṣaṇādayo bhaktyācāryāḥ
The line
Thus say the teachers of this love, of one mind and unafraid of people's talk: Kumāra (कुमार), Vyāsa (व्यास), Śuka (शुक), Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य), Garga, Viṣṇu (विष्णु), Kauṇḍinya (कौण्डिन्य), Śeṣa (शेष), Uddhava, Āruṇi (आरुणि), Bali, Hanumān (हनुमान्), Vibhīṣaṇa (विभीषण), and the others.
नेपालीमा
मानिसको कुरादेखि नडराउने, एक मत भएका कुमार, व्यास, शुक, शाण्डिल्य, गर्ग, विष्णु, कौण्डिण्य, शेष, उद्धव, आरुणि, बलि, हनुमान् र विभीषण आदि भक्तिका आचार्य यसरी भन्छन्।
Where it sits
The line names who say the teaching, near the close of the glory of the chief love.
Split: iti (इति) + evam (एवम्) + vadanti (वदन्ति) + janajalpanirbhayāḥ (जनजल्पनिर्भयाः) + ekamatāḥ (एकमताः) + kumāra (कुमार) + vyāsa (व्यास) + śuka (शुक) + śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) + garga (गर्ग) + viṣṇu (विष्णु) + kauṇḍiṇya (कौण्डिण्य) + śeṣa (शेष) + uddhava (उद्धव) + āruṇi (आरुणि) + bali (बलि) + hanumat (हनुमत्) + vibhīṣaṇādayaḥ (विभीषणादयः) + bhaktyācāryāḥ (भक्त्याचार्याः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. Points back to what has been said. Recited inside ityevam (इत्येवम्). |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | in this way. Recited inside ityevam (इत्येवम्). |
| vadanti (वदन्ति) | present third person plural | they say. |
| janajalpanirbhayāḥ (जनजल्पनिर्भयाः) | nominative plural, masculine | unafraid of the chatter of people. jana (जन) plus jalpa (जल्प) plus nirbhaya (निर्भय). Agrees with bhaktyācāryāḥ (भक्त्याचार्याः). |
| ekamatāḥ (एकमताः) | nominative plural, masculine | of one mind. Agrees with bhaktyācāryāḥ (भक्त्याचार्याः). |
| kumāra (कुमार) | nominative singular, masculine | Kumāra (कुमार). Stem in the list, visarga not printed. |
| vyāsa (व्यास) | nominative singular, masculine | Vyāsa (व्यास). |
| śuka (शुक) | nominative singular, masculine | Śuka (शुक). |
| śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य) | nominative singular, masculine | Śāṇḍilya (शाण्डिल्य). |
| garga (गर्ग) | nominative singular, masculine | Garga. |
| viṣṇu (विष्णु) | nominative singular, masculine | Viṣṇu (विष्णु). |
| kauṇḍiṇya (कौण्डिण्य) | nominative singular, masculine | Kauṇḍinya (कौण्डिन्य). |
| śeṣa (शेष) | nominative singular, masculine | Śeṣa (शेष). Recited inside śeṣoddhavāruṇi (शेषोद्धवारुणि). a (अ) plus u (उ) is o (ओ). |
| uddhava (उद्धव) | nominative singular, masculine | Uddhava. Recited inside śeṣoddhavāruṇi (शेषोद्धवारुणि). |
| āruṇi (आरुणि) | nominative singular, masculine | Āruṇi (आरुणि). a (अ) plus ā (आ) gives the long ā (आ) of uddhavāruṇi (उद्धवारुणि). |
| bali (बलि) | nominative singular, masculine | Bali. |
| hanumat (हनुमत्) | nominative singular, masculine | Hanumān (हनुमान्). Stem hanumat (हनुमत्), recited hanumad (हनुमद्) before v (व्). |
| vibhīṣaṇādayaḥ (विभीषणादयः) | nominative plural, masculine | Vibhīṣaṇa (विभीषण) and the others. vibhīṣaṇa (विभीषण) plus ādi (आदि). Recited vibhīṣaṇādayo (विभीषणादयो) before b (ब्). |
| bhaktyācāryāḥ (भक्त्याचार्याः) | nominative plural, masculine | the teachers of this love. bhakti (भक्ति) plus ācārya (आचार्य). Subject of vadanti (वदन्ति). |
The phrases
vadanti (वदन्ति) takes bhaktyācāryāḥ (भक्त्याचार्याः) as subject. janajalpanirbhayāḥ (जनजल्पनिर्भयाः) and ekamatāḥ (एकमताः) agree with that plural. The names stand in apposition, and ādayaḥ (आदयः) closes the list. iti (इति) evam (एवम्) points to the teaching already given.
Sanskrit in this line
The edition's hyphens between the names are spaces. The line lists the teachers. śeṣa (शेष), uddhava (उद्धव), and āruṇi (आरुणि) are joined in the print as śeṣoddhavāruṇi (शेषोद्धवारुणि). hanumat (हनुमत्) is recited hanumad (हनुमद्) before v (व्). vibhīṣaṇādayaḥ (विभीषणादयः) before b (ब्) is vibhīṣaṇādayo (विभीषणादयो). The visarga of nirbhayāḥ (निर्भयाः) is kept before e (ए).
Say it back
Who say this, and what are they unafraid of?