5.1
Upadeśasāhasrī / 5. Mūtrāśaṅka (मूत्राशङ्क) / 5.1
कर्मनाशभयाज् जन्तोरात्मज्ञानाग्रहस् तथा
karmanāśabhayāj jantor ātmajñānāgrahas tathā
The line
Because of a compound: action, destruction, and fear, jantor (जन्तोर्), a compound: ātma (आत्म), knowing, and a not-taking, so, in that way.
नेपालीमा
त्यसैगरी, कर्म नाश हुने भयले जन्तुले आत्मन्को ज्ञान लिँदैन।
Where it sits
In Upadeśasāhasrī (उपदेशसाहस्री), prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 5. Mūtrāśaṅka (मूत्राशङ्क). A doubt raised from the old example, and the fear that knowledge ends karma (कर्म). The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: karma-nāśa-bhayāt (कर्म-नाश-भयात्) + jantor (जन्तोर्) + ātma-jñāna-agrahaḥ (आत्म-ज्ञान-अग्रहः) + tathā (तथा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karma-nāśa-bhayāt (कर्म-नाश-भयात्) | ablative singular | a compound: action, destruction, and fear. Read it from the end |
| jantor (जन्तोर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ātma-jñāna-agrahaḥ (आत्म-ज्ञान-अग्रहः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: ātma (आत्म), knowing, and a not-taking. Read it from the end |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
The phrases
karma-nāśa-bhayāt (कर्म-नाश-भयात्) is a compound: action, destruction, and fear. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it karmanāśabhayāj (कर्मनाशभयाज्). jantor (जन्तोर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
ātma-jñāna-agrahaḥ (आत्म-ज्ञान-अग्रहः) is a compound: ātma (आत्म), knowing, and a not-taking. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it ātmajñānāgrahas (आत्मज्ञानाग्रह). tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
ātma-jñāna-agrahaḥ (आत्म-ज्ञान-अग्रहः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it karmanāśabhayāj (कर्मनाशभयाज्). The line writes it ātmajñānāgrahas (आत्मज्ञानाग्रह).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karma-nāśa-bhayāt (कर्म-नाश-भयात्) and jantor (जन्तोर्).