4.1
Upadeśasāhasrī / 4. Ahaṃpratyaya (अहंप्रत्यय) / 4.1
नाहंप्रत्ययवह्न्युष्टं कथं कर्म प्ररोहति
nāhaṃpratyayavahnyuṣṭaṃ kathaṃ karma prarohati
The line
Not a compound: the thought "I", fire, and burnt, how, an action, sprouts.
नेपालीमा
म भन्ने विचारको आगोले नडढेको कर्म कसरी उम्रन्छ।
Where it sits
In Upadeśasāhasrī (उपदेशसाहस्री), prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 4. Ahaṃpratyaya (अहंप्रत्यय). The thought I, and how karma (कर्म) sprouts. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: na (न) + ahaṃpratyaya-vahni-uṣṭaṃ (अहंप्रत्यय-वह्नि-उष्टं) + kathaṃ (कथं) + karma (कर्म) + prarohati (प्ररोहति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ahaṃpratyaya-vahni-uṣṭaṃ (अहंप्रत्यय-वह्नि-उष्टं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: the thought "I", fire, and burnt. Read it from the end |
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| prarohati (प्ररोहति) | present, third person singular | sprouts |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ahaṃpratyaya-vahni-uṣṭaṃ (अहंप्रत्यय-वह्नि-उष्टं) is a compound: the thought "I", fire, and burnt. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable.
karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. prarohati (प्ररोहति) is sprouts. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ahaṃpratyaya-vahni-uṣṭaṃ (अहंप्रत्यय-वह्नि-उष्टं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ahaṃpratyaya-vahni-uṣṭaṃ (अहंप्रत्यय-वह्नि-उष्टं) and karma (कर्म).