12.16
Upadeśasāhasrī / 12. Prakāśastha (प्रकाशस्थ) / 12.16
नैव किंचित् करोमीति सत्या बुद्धिः प्रमाणजा
naiva kiṃcit karomīti satyā buddhiḥ pramāṇajā
The line
Not just, what, some, at all, in karomīta (करोमीत), truth, the intellect, pramāṇaja (प्रमाणज).
नेपालीमा
म केही पनि गर्दिनँ भन्ने सत्य बुद्धि प्रमाणबाट जन्मेको हो।
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: na (न) + eva (एव) + kiṃ (किं) + cit (चित्) + karomīti (करोमीति) + satyā (सत्या) + buddhiḥ (बुद्धिः) + pramāṇajā (प्रमाणजा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| kiṃ (किं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what |
| cit (चित्) | indeclinable | some, at all |
| karomīti (करोमीति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | karomīta (करोमीत) |
| satyā (सत्या) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | truth |
| buddhiḥ (बुद्धिः) | nominative singular | the intellect |
| pramāṇajā (प्रमाणजा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | pramāṇaja (प्रमाणज) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as naiva. kiṃ (किं) is what. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. cit (चित्) is some, at all. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as kiṃcit (किंचित्).
karomīti (करोमीति) is karomīta (करोमीत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. satyā (सत्या) is truth. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. buddhiḥ (बुद्धिः) is the intellect. It stands as nominative singular. pramāṇajā (प्रमाणजा) is pramāṇaja (प्रमाणज). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pramāṇajā (प्रमाणजा) is nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as naiva. The line joins them as kiṃcit (किंचित्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss cit (चित्) and karomīti (करोमीति).
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