11.6
Upadeśasāhasrī / 11. Īkṣitṛtva (ईक्षितृत्व) / 11.6
साक्षी चेतागुणः शुद्धो ब्रह्मैवास्मीति केवलः
sākṣī cetāguṇaḥ śuddho brahmaivāsmīti kevalaḥ
The line
sākṣa (साक्ष), a compound: cetā (चेता), and a quality, clean, pure, in brahmaivāsmīta (ब्रह्मैवास्मीत), perfection.
नेपालीमा
म साक्षी, चेता, गुणरहित, शुद्ध र केवल हुँ; म ब्रह्मन् नै हुँ।
Where it sits
In Upadeśasāhasrī (उपदेशसाहस्री), prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 11. Īkṣitṛtva (ईक्षितृत्व). Being the seer. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: sākṣī (साक्षी) + cetā-guṇaḥ (चेता-गुणः) + śuddhaḥ (शुद्धः) + brahmaivāsmīti (ब्रह्मैवास्मीति) + kevalaḥ (केवलः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sākṣī (साक्षी) | nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine | sākṣa (साक्ष) |
| cetā-guṇaḥ (चेता-गुणः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: cetā (चेता), and a quality. Read it from the end |
| śuddhaḥ (शुद्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | clean, pure |
| brahmaivāsmīti (ब्रह्मैवास्मीति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | brahmaivāsmīta (ब्रह्मैवास्मीत) |
| kevalaḥ (केवलः) | nominative singular, masculine | perfection |
The phrases
sākṣī (साक्षी) is sākṣa (साक्ष). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine. cetā-guṇaḥ (चेता-गुणः) is a compound: cetā (चेता), and a quality. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. śuddhaḥ (शुद्धः) is clean, pure. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it śuddho (शुद्धो).
brahmaivāsmīti (ब्रह्मैवास्मीति) is brahmaivāsmīta (ब्रह्मैवास्मीत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. kevalaḥ (केवलः) is perfection. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
brahmaivāsmīti (ब्रह्मैवास्मीति) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it śuddho (शुद्धो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sākṣī (साक्षी) and cetā-guṇaḥ (चेता-गुणः).