5.2
Upadeśasāhasrī / 5. Mūtrāśaṅka (मूत्राशङ्क) / 5.2
नौगतस्य यथा वृक्षास् तद्वत् संसारविभ्रमः
naugatasya yathā vṛkṣās tadvat saṃsāravibhramaḥ
The line
Of a compound: a boat, and gone, as, a tree, like that, a compound: the round, and a whirling, a confusion.
नेपालीमा
जसरी डुङ्गामा गएको मानिसका लागि रूखहरू देखिन्छन्, संसारको भ्रम पनि त्यस्तै हुन्छ।
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: nau-gatasya (नौ-गतस्य) + yathā (यथा) + vṛkṣāḥ (वृक्षाः) + tadvat (तद्वत्) + saṃsāra-vibhramaḥ (संसार-विभ्रमः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nau-gatasya (नौ-गतस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: a boat, and gone. Read it from the end |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| vṛkṣāḥ (वृक्षाः) | nominative plural | a tree |
| tadvat (तद्वत्) | indeclinable | like that |
| saṃsāra-vibhramaḥ (संसार-विभ्रमः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: the round, and a whirling, a confusion. Read it from the end |
The phrases
nau-gatasya (नौ-गतस्य) is a compound: a boat, and gone. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular. yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable. vṛkṣāḥ (वृक्षाः) is a tree. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it vṛkṣās (वृक्षास्).
tadvat (तद्वत्) is like that. It stands as indeclinable. saṃsāra-vibhramaḥ (संसार-विभ्रमः) is a compound: the round, and a whirling, a confusion. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃsāra-vibhramaḥ (संसार-विभ्रमः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vṛkṣās (वृक्षास्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nau-gatasya (नौ-गतस्य) and vṛkṣāḥ (वृक्षाः).