4.2
Upadeśasāhasrī / 4. Ahaṃpratyaya (अहंप्रत्यय) / 4.2
तन्निरोधे कथं तत् स्यात् पृच्छामो वस् तदुच्यताम्
tannirodhe kathaṃ tat syāt pṛcchāmo vas tad ucyatām
The line
In a compound: that, and stilling, how, that, it would be, let it be granted, pṛcchāma (पृच्छाम), vas (व), that, let it be said.
नेपालीमा
त्यसको निरोध भए त्यो कसरी होस्। हामी तपाईंहरूलाई सोध्छौं। त्यो भनिदिनुहोस्।
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: tat-nirodhe (तत्-निरोधे) + kathaṃ (कथं) + tat (तत्) + syāt (स्यात्) + pṛcchāmo (पृच्छामो) + vas (व) + tad (तद्) + ucyatām (उच्यताम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tat-nirodhe (तत्-निरोधे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: that, and stilling. Read it from the end |
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how |
| tat (तत्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| pṛcchāmo (पृच्छामो) | nominative singular, masculine | pṛcchāma (पृच्छाम) |
| vas (व) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| ucyatām (उच्यताम्) | imperative, third person singular | let it be said |
The phrases
tat-nirodhe (तत्-निरोधे) is a compound: that, and stilling. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable. tat (तत्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
pṛcchāmo (पृच्छामो) is pṛcchāma (पृच्छाम). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vas (व) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ucyatām (उच्यताम्) is let it be said. It stands as imperative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tat-nirodhe (तत्-निरोधे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tat-nirodhe (तत्-निरोधे) and syāt (स्यात्).
Next
4.3. Having overcome, the fruit, would do, an action, in at the end, knowing, udbhavet (उद्भवेत्).