12.18
Upadeśasāhasrī / 12. Prakāśastha (प्रकाशस्थ) / 12.18
नियोज्योऽहमिति ह्येषा सत्या बुद्धिः कथं भवेत्
niyojyo 'ham iti hy eṣā satyā buddhiḥ kathaṃ bhavet
The line
niyojya (नियोज्य), I thus. This, truth, the intellect, how, would be.
नेपालीमा
म लगाइने हुँ भन्ने यो सत्य बुद्धि कसरी हुन्थ्यो।
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: niyojyo (नियोज्यो) + aham (अहम्) + iti (इति) + hy (ह्य्) + eṣā (एषा) + satyā (सत्या) + buddhiḥ (बुद्धिः) + kathaṃ (कथं) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| niyojyo (नियोज्यो) | nominative singular, masculine | niyojya (नियोज्य) |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| hy (ह्य्) | indeclinable | for, indeed. hi before a vowel |
| eṣā (एषा) | nominative singular, feminine | this |
| satyā (सत्या) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | truth |
| buddhiḥ (बुद्धिः) | nominative singular | the intellect |
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | would be |
The phrases
niyojyo (नियोज्यो) is niyojya (नियोज्य). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. aham (अहम्) is I. It stands as nominative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. hy (ह्य्) is for, indeed. hi before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. eṣā (एषा) is this. It stands as nominative singular, feminine.
satyā (सत्या) is truth. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. buddhiḥ (बुद्धिः) is the intellect. It stands as nominative singular. kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable. bhavet (भवेत्) is would be. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
The apostrophe is an avagraha. It marks an a that sandhi dropped. The sitting puts that a back. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss niyojyo (नियोज्यो) and aham (अहम्).