14.14
Upadeśasāhasrī / 14. Svapnasmṛti (स्वप्नस्मृति) / 14.14
न मोक्षार्हः स विज्ञेयो वान्तोऽसौ ब्रह्मणा ध्रुवम्
na mokṣārhaḥ sa vijñeyo vānto 'sau brahmaṇā dhruvam
The line
Not mokṣārha (मोक्षार्ह), he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant, vijñeya (विज्ञेय), vānta (वान्त), that one, brahmaṇa (ब्रह्मण), steady.
नेपालीमा
ऊ मोक्षको योग्य होइन। ब्रह्मन्ले वमन गरेको भनी उसलाई पक्का जान्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
In Upadeśasāhasrī (उपदेशसाहस्री), prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 14. Svapnasmṛti (स्वप्नस्मृति). Dream and memory. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: na (न) + mokṣārhaḥ (मोक्षार्हः) + sa (स) + vijñeyo (विज्ञेयो) + vānto (वान्तो) + asau (असौ) + brahmaṇā (ब्रह्मणा) + dhruvam (ध्रुवम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| mokṣārhaḥ (मोक्षार्हः) | nominative singular, masculine | mokṣārha (मोक्षार्ह) |
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| vijñeyo (विज्ञेयो) | nominative singular, masculine | vijñeya (विज्ञेय) |
| vānto (वान्तो) | nominative singular, masculine | vānta (वान्त) |
| asau (असौ) | nominative singular | that one |
| brahmaṇā (ब्रह्मणा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | brahmaṇa (ब्रह्मण) |
| dhruvam (ध्रुवम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | steady |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. mokṣārhaḥ (मोक्षार्हः) is mokṣārha (मोक्षार्ह). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vijñeyo (विज्ञेयो) is vijñeya (विज्ञेय). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
vānto (वान्तो) is vānta (वान्त). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. asau (असौ) is that one. It stands as nominative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. brahmaṇā (ब्रह्मणा) is brahmaṇa (ब्रह्मण). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. dhruvam (ध्रुवम्) is steady. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
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 mokṣārhaḥ (मोक्षार्हः) and sa (स).