14.28

Upadeśasāhasrī / 14. Svapnasmṛti (स्वप्नस्मृति) / 14.28

तृष्णा चेत् सर्वतश् छिन्ना सर्वदैन्योद्भवाशुभा

tṛṣṇā cet sarvataś chinnā sarvadainyodbhavāśubhā

The line

If you say that tṛṣṇa (तृष्ण), then a compound: all, and taśa (तश), chinna (छिन्न), a compound: all, dainyo (दैन्यो), dbha (द्भ), and vāśubha (वाशुभ).

नेपालीमा

यदि तृष्णा चारैतिर काटियो भने, सबै दैन्य जन्माउने अशुभ पनि काटिन्छ।

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: tṛṣṇā (तृष्णा) + cet (चेत्) + sarva-taśa (सर्व-तश) + chinnā (छिन्ना) + sarva-dainyo-dbha-vāśubhā (सर्व-दैन्यो-द्भ-वाशुभा)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
tṛṣṇā (तृष्णा)nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singulartṛṣṇa (तृष्ण)
cet (चेत्)indeclinableif you say, if
sarva-taśa (सर्व-तश)a compound, the ending is on the last membera compound: all, and taśa (तश). Read it from the end
chinnā (छिन्ना)nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singularchinna (छिन्न)
sarva-dainyo-dbha-vāśubhā (सर्व-दैन्यो-द्भ-वाशुभा)nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singulara compound: all, dainyo (दैन्यो), dbha (द्भ), and vāśubha (वाशुभ). Read it from the end

The phrases

tṛṣṇā (तृष्णा) is tṛṣṇa (तृष्ण). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable. sarva-taśa (सर्व-तश) is a compound: all, and taśa (तश). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.

chinnā (छिन्ना) is chinna (छिन्न). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. sarva-dainyo-dbha-vāśubhā (सर्व-दैन्यो-द्भ-वाशुभा) is a compound: all, dainyo (दैन्यो), dbha (द्भ), and vāśubha (वाशुभ). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.

Sanskrit in this line

sarva-dainyo-dbha-vāśubhā (सर्व-दैन्यो-द्भ-वाशुभा) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss tṛṣṇā (तृष्णा) and sarva-taśa (सर्व-तश).

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