10.12
Upadeśasāhasrī / 10. Dṛśi (दृशि) / 10.12
तयोरभावे न हि कर्म जन्म वा भवेदयं वेदविदां विनिश्चयः
tayor abhāve na hi karma janma vā bhaved ayaṃ vedavidāṃ viniścayaḥ
The line
Of of the two, in the two, in absence, not. An action, birth or, would be. bhavet before a voiced sound, this, of a compound: the Veda, and one who knows, viniścaya (विनिश्चय).
नेपालीमा
ती दुईको अभावमा कर्म वा जन्म हुँदैनथ्यो। यो वेद जान्नेहरूको निश्चय हो।
Where it sits
In Upadeśasāhasrī (उपदेशसाहस्री), prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 10. Dṛśi (दृशि). Seeing. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: tayoḥ (तयोः) + abhāve (अभावे) + na (न) + hi (हि) + karma (कर्म) + janma (जन्म) + vā (वा) + bhaved (भवेद्) + ayaṃ (अयं) + veda-vid-āṃ (वेद-विद्-आं) + viniścayaḥ (विनिश्चयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tayoḥ (तयोः) | genitive or locative dual | of the two, in the two |
| abhāve (अभावे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | absence |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| janma (जन्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | birth |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| bhaved (भवेद्) | optative, third person singular | would be. bhavet before a voiced sound |
| ayaṃ (अयं) | nominative singular, masculine | this |
| veda-vid-āṃ (वेद-विद्-आं) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | a compound: the Veda, and one who knows. Read it from the end |
| viniścayaḥ (विनिश्चयः) | nominative singular, masculine | viniścaya (विनिश्चय) |
The phrases
tayoḥ (तयोः) is of the two, in the two. It stands as genitive or locative dual. The line writes it tayor. abhāve (अभावे) is absence. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. janma (जन्म) is birth. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. bhaved (भवेद्) is would be. bhavet before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. ayaṃ (अयं) is this. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. veda-vid-āṃ (वेद-विद्-आं) is a compound: the Veda, and one who knows. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. viniścayaḥ (विनिश्चयः) is viniścaya (विनिश्चय). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
veda-vid-āṃ (वेद-विद्-आं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it tayor.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tayoḥ (तयोः) and abhāve (अभावे).