13.20
Upadeśasāhasrī / 13. Acakṣuṣṭva (अचक्षुष्ट्व) / 13.20
न मे संध्या न रात्रिर् वा नाहर् वा सर्वदा दृशेः
na me saṃdhyā na rātrir vā nāhar vā sarvadā dṛśeḥ
The line
Not of me, saṃdhya (संध्य), not rātrir (रात्रिर्) or, nāhar (नाहर्) or, always, of seeing.
नेपालीमा
मेरो देखाइमा सन्ध्या छैन, रात छैन, दिन पनि छैन, सधैँ।
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: na (न) + me (मे) + saṃdhyā (संध्या) + na (न) + rātrir (रात्रिर्) + vā (वा) + nāhar (नाहर्) + vā (वा) + sarvadā (सर्वदा) + dṛśeḥ (दृशेः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| me (मे) | genitive or dative singular | me |
| saṃdhyā (संध्या) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | saṃdhya (संध्य) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| rātrir (रात्रिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| nāhar (नाहर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| sarvadā (सर्वदा) | indeclinable | always |
| dṛśeḥ (दृशेः) | genitive or ablative singular | seeing |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. me (मे) is me. It stands as genitive or dative singular. saṃdhyā (संध्या) is saṃdhya (संध्य). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. rātrir (रात्रिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. nāhar (नाहर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. sarvadā (सर्वदा) is always. It stands as indeclinable. dṛśeḥ (दृशेः) is seeing. It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃdhyā (संध्या) is nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss me (मे) and saṃdhyā (संध्या).