9.3
Upadeśasāhasrī / 9. Sūkṣmatā (सूक्ष्मता) / 9.3
अहमेकः सदा सर्वश् चिन्मात्रः सर्वगोऽद्वयः
aham ekaḥ sadā sarvaś cinmātraḥ sarvago 'dvayaḥ
The line
I, one, always, all, cinmātra (चिन्मात्र), going everywhere, without a second.
नेपालीमा
म एक, सधैँ सबै, चिन्मात्र, जताततै जाने र अद्वय हुँ।
Where it sits
In Upadeśasāhasrī (उपदेशसाहस्री), prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 9. Sūkṣmatā (सूक्ष्मता). Fineness. The coarser reading is set down. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: aham (अहम्) + ekaḥ (एकः) + sadā (सदा) + sarvaḥ (सर्वः) + cinmātraḥ (चिन्मात्रः) + sarvago (सर्वगो) + advayaḥ (अद्वयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I |
| ekaḥ (एकः) | nominative singular, masculine | one |
| sadā (सदा) | indeclinable | always |
| sarvaḥ (सर्वः) | nominative singular, masculine | all |
| cinmātraḥ (चिन्मात्रः) | nominative singular, masculine | cinmātra (चिन्मात्र) |
| sarvago (सर्वगो) | nominative singular, masculine | going everywhere |
| advayaḥ (अद्वयः) | nominative singular, masculine | without a second |
The phrases
aham (अहम्) is I. It stands as nominative singular. ekaḥ (एकः) is one. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. sadā (सदा) is always. It stands as indeclinable. sarvaḥ (सर्वः) is all. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it sarvaś (सर्वश्).
cinmātraḥ (चिन्मात्रः) is cinmātra (चिन्मात्र). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. sarvago (सर्वगो) is going everywhere. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. advayaḥ (अद्वयः) is without a second. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Sanskrit in this line
The apostrophe is an avagraha. It marks an a that sandhi dropped. The sitting puts that a back. The line writes it sarvaś (सर्वश्). The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aham (अहम्) and ekaḥ (एकः).