Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The glory of the chief love (महिमा) / 84
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
य इदं नारदप्रोक्तं शिवानुशासनं विश्वसिति श्रद्धते स भक्तिमान् भवति सः प्रेष्टं लभते सः प्रेष्टं लभते ya idaṃ nāradaproktaṃ śivānuśāsanaṃ viśvasiti śraddhate sa bhaktimān bhavati saḥ preṣṭaṃ labhate saḥ preṣṭaṃ labhate
The line
He who trusts and holds true this auspicious teaching, spoken by Nārada (नारद), becomes one who has this love. He gains the dearest. He gains the dearest.
नेपालीमा
जसले नारदले भन्नुभएको यो मङ्गलमय अनुशासनलाई पत्याउँछ र श्रद्धा गर्छ, ऊ भक्तिमान् हुन्छ। ऊ सबैभन्दा प्यारोलाई पाउँछ। ऊ सबैभन्दा प्यारोलाई पाउँछ।
Where it sits
The close of the glory of the chief love, and of the book. The teaching just attributed to the teachers is here called auspicious, śiva (शिव), and spoken by Nārada (नारद).
Split: yaḥ (यः) + idam (इदम्) + nāradaproktam (नारदप्रोक्तम्) + śivānuśāsanam (शिवानुशासनम्) + viśvasiti (विश्वसिति) + śraddhate (श्रद्धते) + saḥ (सः) + bhaktimān (भक्तिमान्) + bhavati (भवति) + saḥ (सः) + preṣṭham (प्रेष्ठम्) + labhate (लभते) + saḥ (सः) + preṣṭham (प्रेष्ठम्) + labhate (लभते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yaḥ (यः) | nominative singular, masculine | he who. Recited ya (य) before i (इ). Visarga dropped. |
| idam (इदम्) | accusative singular, neuter | this. Agrees with śivānuśāsanam (शिवानुशासनम्). Recited with anusvara. |
| nāradaproktam (नारदप्रोक्तम्) | accusative singular, neuter | spoken by Nārada (नारद). nārada (नारद) plus prokta (प्रोक्त). Agrees with śivānuśāsanam (शिवानुशासनम्). |
| śivānuśāsanam (शिवानुशासनम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the auspicious teaching. śiva (शिव), auspicious, plus anuśāsana (अनुशासन), teaching. |
| viśvasiti (विश्वसिति) | present third person singular | trusts. From viśvas (विश्व). |
| śraddhate (श्रद्धते) | present third person singular | holds true, has faith. From śraddhā (श्रद्धा). |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | he. Correlative of yaḥ (यः). Recited sa (स) before bh (भ्). |
| bhaktimān (भक्तिमान्) | nominative singular, masculine | one who has this love. Agrees with saḥ (सः). |
| bhavati (भवति) | present third person singular | becomes. |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | he. Visarga kept before p (प्). |
| preṣṭham (प्रेष्ठम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the dearest. |
| labhate (लभते) | present third person singular | gains. From labh (लभ्). |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | he. Said again. |
| preṣṭham (प्रेष्ठम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the dearest. Said again. |
| labhate (लभते) | present third person singular | gains. Said again. |
The phrases
yaḥ (यः) correlates with saḥ (सः). idam (इदम्), nāradaproktam (नारदप्रोक्तम्), and śivānuśāsanam (शिवानुशासनम्) agree and are the object of both viśvasiti (विश्वसिति) and śraddhate (श्रद्धते). bhaktimān (भक्तिमान्) agrees with the first saḥ (सः). The closing saḥ (सः) preṣṭham (प्रेष्ठम्) labhate (लभते) is repeated.
Sanskrit in this line
The line closes on śivānuśāsana (शिवानुशासन) and repeats saḥ (सः) preṣṭaṃ (प्रेष्टं) labhate. yaḥ (यः) before i (इ) is ya (य). The first saḥ (सः) before bh (भ्) is sa (स). The repeated clause keeps the visarga of saḥ (सः) before p (प्).
Say it back
What does he trust, what does he become, and what does he gain?