12.3
Upadeśasāhasrī / 12. Prakāśastha (प्रकाशस्थ) / 12.3
दृश्येषु तद्वदेवायं मूढो लोको न चान्यथा
dṛśyeṣu tadvad evāyaṃ mūḍho loko na cānyathā
The line
In dṛśya (दृश्य), like that. tadvat before a voiced sound just, this, mūḍha (मूढ), the world, not cānyatha (चान्यथ).
नेपालीमा
देखिने कुरामा त्यस्तै नै यो मूढ लोक हुन्छ, अर्को किसिमले होइन।
Where it sits
In Upadeśasāhasrī (उपदेशसाहस्री), prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 12. Prakāśastha (प्रकाशस्थ). Standing in the light. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: dṛśyeṣu (दृश्येषु) + tadvad (तद्वद्) + eva (एव) + ayaṃ (अयं) + mūḍho (मूढो) + lokaḥ (लोकः) + na (न) + cānyathā (चान्यथा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dṛśyeṣu (दृश्येषु) | locative plural | dṛśya (दृश्य) |
| tadvad (तद्वद्) | indeclinable | like that. tadvat before a voiced sound |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| ayaṃ (अयं) | nominative singular, masculine | this |
| mūḍho (मूढो) | nominative singular, masculine | mūḍha (मूढ) |
| lokaḥ (लोकः) | nominative singular, masculine | the world |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| cānyathā (चान्यथा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | cānyatha (चान्यथ) |
The phrases
dṛśyeṣu (दृश्येषु) is dṛśya (दृश्य). It stands as locative plural. tadvad (तद्वद्) is like that. tadvat before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. ayaṃ (अयं) is this. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as evāyaṃ (एवायं).
mūḍho (मूढो) is mūḍha (मूढ). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. lokaḥ (लोकः) is the world. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it loko. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. cānyathā (चान्यथा) is cānyatha (चान्यथ). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
cānyathā (चान्यथा) is nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as evāyaṃ (एवायं). The line writes it loko.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dṛśyeṣu (दृश्येषु) and tadvad (तद्वद्).
Next
12.4. ekanīḍa (एकनीड), how, of it would be, a contradictory reason, nyāyata (न्यायत), vada (वद).