12.14
Upadeśasāhasrī / 12. Prakāśastha (प्रकाशस्थ) / 12.14
विवेकी प्रत्ययो बुद्धेर् दृश्यत्वान् नाशवत्त्वतः
vivekī pratyayo buddher dṛśyatvān nāśavattvataḥ
The line
viveka (विवेक), a condition, of the intellect, a compound: seeing, and atva (अत्व), a compound: destruction, and vattvata (वत्त्वत).
नेपालीमा
विवेकी प्रत्यय बुद्धिको हो, देखिने भएकाले, र नाश हुने भएकाले।
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: vivekī (विवेकी) + pratyayaḥ (प्रत्ययः) + buddheḥ (बुद्धेः) + dṛśi-atvān (दृशि-अत्वान्) + nāśa-vattvataḥ (नाश-वत्त्वतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vivekī (विवेकी) | nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine | viveka (विवेक) |
| pratyayaḥ (प्रत्ययः) | nominative singular, masculine | a condition |
| buddheḥ (बुद्धेः) | genitive or ablative singular | the intellect |
| dṛśi-atvān (दृशि-अत्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: seeing, and atva (अत्व). Read it from the end |
| nāśa-vattvataḥ (नाश-वत्त्वतः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: destruction, and vattvata (वत्त्वत). Read it from the end |
The phrases
vivekī (विवेकी) is viveka (विवेक). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine. pratyayaḥ (प्रत्ययः) is a condition. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it pratyayo. buddheḥ (बुद्धेः) is the intellect. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it buddher.
dṛśi-atvān (दृशि-अत्वान्) is a compound: seeing, and atva (अत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. nāśa-vattvataḥ (नाश-वत्त्वतः) is a compound: destruction, and vattvata (वत्त्वत). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
nāśa-vattvataḥ (नाश-वत्त्वतः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pratyayo. The line writes it buddher.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vivekī (विवेकी) and pratyayaḥ (प्रत्ययः).