14.36
Upadeśasāhasrī / 14. Svapnasmṛti (स्वप्नस्मृति) / 14.36
नोर्ध्वं नाधस् तिरो वापि निष्कलस्यागुणत्वतः
nordhvaṃ nādhas tiro vāpi niṣkalasyāguṇatvataḥ
The line
Not urdhva (उर्ध्व), nādhas (नाध), tira (तिर) or even, a compound: niṣka (निष्क), lasyā (लस्या), a quality, and tvata (त्वत).
नेपालीमा
खण्ड नभएको गुणरहित भएकाले न माथि छ, न तल, न छेउमा।
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) + urdhvaṃ (उर्ध्वं) + nādhas (नाध) + tiro (तिरो) + vā (वा) + api (अपि) + niṣka-lasyā-guṇa-tvataḥ (निष्क-लस्या-गुण-त्वतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| urdhvaṃ (उर्ध्वं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | urdhva (उर्ध्व) |
| nādhas (नाध) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tiro (तिरो) | nominative singular, masculine | tira (तिर) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| niṣka-lasyā-guṇa-tvataḥ (निष्क-लस्या-गुण-त्वतः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: niṣka (निष्क), lasyā (लस्या), a quality, and tvata (त्वत). Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. urdhvaṃ (उर्ध्वं) is urdhva (उर्ध्व). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. nādhas (नाध) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tiro (तिरो) is tira (तिर). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as vāpi (वापि). niṣka-lasyā-guṇa-tvataḥ (निष्क-लस्या-गुण-त्वतः) is a compound: niṣka (निष्क), lasyā (लस्या), a quality, and tvata (त्वत). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
niṣka-lasyā-guṇa-tvataḥ (निष्क-लस्या-गुण-त्वतः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as vāpi (वापि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss urdhvaṃ (उर्ध्वं) and nādhas (नाध).