11.14
Upadeśasāhasrī / 11. Īkṣitṛtva (ईक्षितृत्व) / 11.14
नेतिनेत्यात्मरूपत्वान् न मे कार्या क्रिया क्वचित्
netinetyātmarūpatvān na me kāryā kriyā kvacit
The line
A compound: not this, not this, ātmarū (आत्मरू), and patva (पत्व), not of me, an effect, an action, somewhere.
नेपालीमा
नेति नेति भन्ने आत्मन्को रूप भएकाले मेरो कार्य र क्रिया कतै छैन।
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: neti-neti-ātmarū-patvān (नेति-नेति-आत्मरू-पत्वान्) + na (न) + me (मे) + kāryā (कार्या) + kriyā (क्रिया) + kvacit (क्वचित्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| neti-neti-ātmarū-patvān (नेति-नेति-आत्मरू-पत्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: not this, not this, ātmarū (आत्मरू), and patva (पत्व). Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| me (मे) | genitive or dative singular | me |
| kāryā (कार्या) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | an effect |
| kriyā (क्रिया) | nominative singular, feminine | an action |
| kvacit (क्वचित्) | indeclinable | somewhere |
The phrases
neti-neti-ātmarū-patvān (नेति-नेति-आत्मरू-पत्वान्) is a compound: not this, not this, ātmarū (आत्मरू), and patva (पत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. me (मे) is me. It stands as genitive or dative singular.
kāryā (कार्या) is an effect. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. kriyā (क्रिया) is an action. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. kvacit (क्वचित्) is somewhere. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
neti-neti-ātmarū-patvān (नेति-नेति-आत्मरू-पत्वान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss neti-neti-ātmarū-patvān (नेति-नेति-आत्मरू-पत्वान्) and me (मे).