12.10
Upadeśasāhasrī / 12. Prakāśastha (प्रकाशस्थ) / 12.10
सत्त्वस्थस् तद्वदेवेह दृशेः स विषयस् तथा
sattvasthas tadvad eveha dṛśeḥ sa viṣayas tathā
The line
A compound: the bright strand, and standing, like that. tadvat before a voiced sound just, here, of seeing, he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant, an object, so, in that way.
नेपालीमा
सत्त्वमा उभिएको त्यस्तै नै यहाँ दृष्टिको विषय हुन्छ।
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: sattva-sthaḥ (सत्त्व-स्थः) + tadvad (तद्वद्) + eva (एव) + iha (इह) + dṛśeḥ (दृशेः) + sa (स) + viṣayaḥ (विषयः) + tathā (तथा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sattva-sthaḥ (सत्त्व-स्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: the bright strand, and standing. Read it from the end |
| tadvad (तद्वद्) | indeclinable | like that. tadvat before a voiced sound |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| iha (इह) | indeclinable | here |
| dṛśeḥ (दृशेः) | genitive or ablative singular | seeing |
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| viṣayaḥ (विषयः) | nominative singular, masculine | an object |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
The phrases
sattva-sthaḥ (सत्त्व-स्थः) is a compound: the bright strand, and standing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it sattvasthas. tadvad (तद्वद्) is like that. tadvat before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. iha (इह) is here. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as eveha.
dṛśeḥ (दृशेः) is seeing. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. viṣayaḥ (विषयः) is an object. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it viṣayas (विषय). tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
sattva-sthaḥ (सत्त्व-स्थः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it sattvasthas. The line joins them as eveha. The line writes it viṣayas (विषय).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sattva-sthaḥ (सत्त्व-स्थः) and tadvad (तद्वद्).