14.29
Upadeśasāhasrī / 14. Svapnasmṛti (स्वप्नस्मृति) / 14.29
अर्थशून्ये यदा यस्य स आत्मज्ञो भवेत् तदा
arthaśūnye yadā yasya sa ātmajño bhavet tadā
The line
In a compound: a thing, a meaning, and empty, when, of of whom, whose, he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant, ātmajña (आत्मज्ञ), would be, then.
नेपालीमा
जब जसका लागि अर्थ रित्तो हुन्छ, तब ऊ आत्मन् जान्ने हुनेछ।
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: artha-śūnye (अर्थ-शून्ये) + yadā (यदा) + yasya (यस्य) + sa (स) + ātmajño (आत्मज्ञो) + bhavet (भवेत्) + tadā (तदा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| artha-śūnye (अर्थ-शून्ये) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and empty. Read it from the end |
| yadā (यदा) | indeclinable | when |
| yasya (यस्य) | genitive singular | of whom, whose |
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| ātmajño (आत्मज्ञो) | nominative singular, masculine | ātmajña (आत्मज्ञ) |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | would be |
| tadā (तदा) | indeclinable | then |
The phrases
artha-śūnye (अर्थ-शून्ये) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and empty. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. yadā (यदा) is when. It stands as indeclinable. yasya (यस्य) is of whom, whose. It stands as genitive singular. sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
ātmajño (आत्मज्ञो) is ātmajña (आत्मज्ञ). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. bhavet (भवेत्) is would be. It stands as optative, third person singular. tadā (तदा) is then. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-śūnye (अर्थ-शून्ये) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss artha-śūnye (अर्थ-शून्ये) and yadā (यदा).