6.6
Upadeśasāhasrī / 6. Chittvā (छित्त्वा) / 6.6
अहं ब्रह्मेति शिष्टोऽंशो भूतपूर्वगतेर् भवेत्
ahaṃ brahmeti śiṣṭo 'ṃśo bhūtapūrvagater bhavet
The line
I, Brahman thus, śiṣṭa (शिष्ट), a part, of a compound: an element, the earlier, and gone, would be.
नेपालीमा
म ब्रह्मन् हुँ भन्ने बाँकी अंश पहिलेको गतिको हुन्थ्यो।
Where it sits
In Upadeśasāhasrī (उपदेशसाहस्री), prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 6. Chittvā (छित्त्वा). Cutting the differences away. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: ahaṃ (अहं) + brahma (ब्रह्म) + iti (इति) + śiṣṭo (शिष्टो) + aṃśaḥ (अंशः) + bhūta-pūrva-gateḥ (भूत-पूर्व-गतेः) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ahaṃ (अहं) | nominative singular | I |
| brahma (ब्रह्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | Brahman |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| śiṣṭo (शिष्टो) | nominative singular, masculine | śiṣṭa (शिष्ट) |
| aṃśaḥ (अंशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a part |
| bhūta-pūrva-gateḥ (भूत-पूर्व-गतेः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: an element, the earlier, and gone. Read it from the end |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | would be |
The phrases
ahaṃ (अहं) is I. It stands as nominative singular. brahma (ब्रह्म) is Brahman. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as brahmeti. śiṣṭo (शिष्टो) is śiṣṭa (शिष्ट). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
aṃśaḥ (अंशः) is a part. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. bhūta-pūrva-gateḥ (भूत-पूर्व-गतेः) is a compound: an element, the earlier, and gone. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it bhūtapūrvagater (भूतपूर्वगतेर्). bhavet (भवेत्) is would be. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bhūta-pūrva-gateḥ (भूत-पूर्व-गतेः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins it on as brahmeti. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. The line writes it bhūtapūrvagater (भूतपूर्वगतेर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ahaṃ (अहं) and brahma (ब्रह्म).