13.11
Upadeśasāhasrī / 13. Acakṣuṣṭva (अचक्षुष्ट्व) / 13.11
नित्यमुक्तमिहात्मानं मुमुक्षुश् चेत् सदा स्मरेत्
nityamuktam ihātmānaṃ mumukṣuś cet sadā smaret
The line
If you say that always, what has been said, here, the self, one who wants release, then always, smaret (स्मरेत्).
नेपालीमा
मुक्ति चाहनेले यहाँ आत्मन्लाई सधैँ मुक्त भनी सम्झियोस्।
Where it sits
In Upadeśasāhasrī (उपदेशसाहस्री), prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 13. Acakṣuṣṭva (अचक्षुष्ट्व). Not being an eye. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: nityam (नित्यम्) + uktam (उक्तम्) + iha (इह) + ātmānaṃ (आत्मानं) + mumukṣuḥ (मुमुक्षुः) + cet (चेत्) + sadā (सदा) + smaret (स्मरेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nityam (नित्यम्) | indeclinable | always |
| uktam (उक्तम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what has been said |
| iha (इह) | indeclinable | here |
| ātmānaṃ (आत्मानं) | accusative singular | the self |
| mumukṣuḥ (मुमुक्षुः) | nominative singular | one who wants release |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
| sadā (सदा) | indeclinable | always |
| smaret (स्मरेत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
nityam (नित्यम्) is always. It stands as indeclinable. uktam (उक्तम्) is what has been said. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. The line joins them as nityamuktam. iha (इह) is here. It stands as indeclinable. ātmānaṃ (आत्मानं) is the self. It stands as accusative singular. The line joins them as ihātmānaṃ (इहात्मानं).
mumukṣuḥ (मुमुक्षुः) is one who wants release. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it mumukṣuś (मुमुक्षुश्). cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable. sadā (सदा) is always. It stands as indeclinable. smaret (स्मरेत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
mumukṣuḥ (मुमुक्षुः) is nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as nityamuktam. The line joins them as ihātmānaṃ (इहात्मानं). The line writes it mumukṣuś (मुमुक्षुश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nityam (नित्यम्) and uktam (उक्तम्).
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