5.4
Upadeśasāhasrī / 5. Mūtrāśaṅka (मूत्राशङ्क) / 5.4
बुद्धेः शब्दादिनिर्भासस् तेन मोमुह्यते जगत्
buddheḥ śabdādinirbhāsas tena momuhyate jagat
The line
Of the intellect, a compound: a word, the beginning, and the rest, and an appearance, by means of by that, in momuhyata (मोमुह्यत), the world.
नेपालीमा
शब्द आदिको आभास बुद्धिको हो। त्यसैले जगत् मोहित 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: buddheḥ (बुद्धेः) + śabda-ādi-nirbhāsaḥ (शब्द-आदि-निर्भासः) + tena (तेन) + momuhyate (मोमुह्यते) + jagat (जगत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| buddheḥ (बुद्धेः) | genitive or ablative singular | the intellect |
| śabda-ādi-nirbhāsaḥ (शब्द-आदि-निर्भासः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a word, the beginning, and the rest, and an appearance. Read it from the end |
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular | by that |
| momuhyate (मोमुह्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | momuhyata (मोमुह्यत) |
| jagat (जगत्) | the stem, as the line writes it | the world |
The phrases
buddheḥ (बुद्धेः) is the intellect. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. śabda-ādi-nirbhāsaḥ (शब्द-आदि-निर्भासः) is a compound: a word, the beginning, and the rest, and an appearance. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it śabdādinirbhāsas (शब्दादिनिर्भास). tena (तेन) is by that. It stands as instrumental singular.
momuhyate (मोमुह्यते) is momuhyata (मोमुह्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. jagat (जगत्) is the world. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
śabda-ādi-nirbhāsaḥ (शब्द-आदि-निर्भासः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it śabdādinirbhāsas (शब्दादिनिर्भास).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss buddheḥ (बुद्धेः) and śabda-ādi-nirbhāsaḥ (शब्द-आदि-निर्भासः).