9.5
Upadeśasāhasrī / 9. Sūkṣmatā (सूक्ष्मता) / 9.5
नीलं व्योम यथा बालो दुष्टं मां वीक्षते जनः
nīlaṃ vyoma yathā bālo duṣṭaṃ māṃ vīkṣate janaḥ
The line
Blue, dark, the sky, as, a child, faulty, māṃ (मां), in vīkṣata (वीक्षत), a person.
नेपालीमा
जसरी बालकले आकाश नीलो देख्छ, त्यसरी मानिसले मलाई दोषपूर्ण देख्छ।
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: nīlaṃ (नीलं) + vyoma (व्योम) + yathā (यथा) + bālaḥ (बालः) + duṣṭaṃ (दुष्टं) + māṃ (मां) + vīkṣate (वीक्षते) + janaḥ (जनः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nīlaṃ (नीलं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | blue, dark |
| vyoma (व्योम) | the stem, as the line writes it | the sky |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| bālaḥ (बालः) | nominative singular, masculine | a child |
| duṣṭaṃ (दुष्टं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | faulty |
| māṃ (मां) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vīkṣate (वीक्षते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | vīkṣata (वीक्षत) |
| janaḥ (जनः) | nominative singular, masculine | a person |
The phrases
nīlaṃ (नीलं) is blue, dark. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vyoma (व्योम) is the sky. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable. bālaḥ (बालः) is a child. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it bālo (बालो).
duṣṭaṃ (दुष्टं) is faulty. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. māṃ (मां) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vīkṣate (वीक्षते) is vīkṣata (वीक्षत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. janaḥ (जनः) is a person. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
vīkṣate (वीक्षते) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it bālo (बालो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nīlaṃ (नीलं) and vyoma (व्योम).