14.37
Upadeśasāhasrī / 14. Svapnasmṛti (स्वप्नस्मृति) / 14.37
कथं कार्यं ममैवाद्य नित्यमुक्तस्य शिष्यते
kathaṃ kāryaṃ mamaivādya nityamuktasya śiṣyate
The line
How, an effect, mamaivādya (ममैवाद्य), of a compound: eternal, and one who is released, in śiṣyata (शिष्यत).
नेपालीमा
सधैँ मुक्त मेरो कार्य आज कसरी रहोस्।
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: kathaṃ (कथं) + kāryaṃ (कार्यं) + mamaivādya (ममैवाद्य) + nitya-muktasya (नित्य-मुक्तस्य) + śiṣyate (शिष्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how |
| kāryaṃ (कार्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an effect |
| mamaivādya (ममैवाद्य) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| nitya-muktasya (नित्य-मुक्तस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: eternal, and one who is released. Read it from the end |
| śiṣyate (शिष्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | śiṣyata (शिष्यत) |
The phrases
kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable. kāryaṃ (कार्यं) is an effect. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. mamaivādya (ममैवाद्य) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
nitya-muktasya (नित्य-मुक्तस्य) is a compound: eternal, and one who is released. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular. śiṣyate (शिष्यते) is śiṣyata (शिष्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
nitya-muktasya (नित्य-मुक्तस्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāryaṃ (कार्यं) and mamaivādya (ममैवाद्य).