12.4
Upadeśasāhasrī / 12. Prakāśastha (प्रकाशस्थ) / 12.4
एकनीडौ कथं स्यातां विरुद्धौ न्यायतो वद
ekanīḍau kathaṃ syātāṃ viruddhau nyāyato vada
The line
ekanīḍa (एकनीड), how, of it would be, a contradictory reason, nyāyata (न्यायत), vada (वद).
नेपालीमा
एउटै गुँडमा बाझिने दुई कसरी हुन्थे। न्यायले भन।
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: ekanīḍau (एकनीडौ) + kathaṃ (कथं) + syātāṃ (स्यातां) + viruddhau (विरुद्धौ) + nyāyato (न्यायतो) + vada (वद)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekanīḍau (एकनीडौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | ekanīḍa (एकनीड) |
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how |
| syātāṃ (स्यातां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | it would be |
| viruddhau (विरुद्धौ) | nominative or accusative dual, masculine | a contradictory reason |
| nyāyato (न्यायतो) | nominative singular, masculine | nyāyata (न्यायत) |
| vada (वद) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
ekanīḍau (एकनीडौ) is ekanīḍa (एकनीड). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable. syātāṃ (स्यातां) is it would be. It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine.
viruddhau (विरुद्धौ) is a contradictory reason. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, masculine. nyāyato (न्यायतो) is nyāyata (न्यायत). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vada (वद) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
viruddhau (विरुद्धौ) is nominative or accusative dual, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekanīḍau (एकनीडौ) and syātāṃ (स्यातां).
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