12.7
Upadeśasāhasrī / 12. Prakāśastha (प्रकाशस्थ) / 12.7
स एव योगिनां श्रेष्ठो नेतरः स्यान् न संशयः
sa eva yogināṃ śreṣṭho netaraḥ syān na saṃśayaḥ
The line
He, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant just, of yogina (योगिन), śreṣṭha (श्रेष्ठ), not the other, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n, not doubt.
नेपालीमा
ऊ नै योगीहरूमध्ये श्रेष्ठ हो। अर्को हुँदैनथ्यो। शङ्का छैन।
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: sa (स) + eva (एव) + yogināṃ (योगिनां) + śreṣṭho (श्रेष्ठो) + na (न) + itaraḥ (इतरः) + syān (स्यान्) + na (न) + saṃśayaḥ (संशयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| yogināṃ (योगिनां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | yogina (योगिन) |
| śreṣṭho (श्रेष्ठो) | nominative singular, masculine | śreṣṭha (श्रेष्ठ) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| itaraḥ (इतरः) | nominative singular, masculine | the other |
| syān (स्यान्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| saṃśayaḥ (संशयः) | nominative singular, masculine | doubt |
The phrases
sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. yogināṃ (योगिनां) is yogina (योगिन). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. śreṣṭho (श्रेष्ठो) is śreṣṭha (श्रेष्ठ). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
itaraḥ (इतरः) is the other. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syān (स्यान्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n. It stands as optative, third person singular. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. saṃśayaḥ (संशयः) is doubt. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃśayaḥ (संशयः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sa (स) and yogināṃ (योगिनां).