15.3
Upadeśasāhasrī / 15. Nānyadanyat (नान्यदन्यत्) / 15.3
स्मर्यमाणं हि कर्मस्थं पूर्वं कर्मैव तत् ततः
smaryamāṇaṃ hi karmasthaṃ pūrvaṃ karmaiva tat tataḥ
The line
smaryamāṇa (स्मर्यमाण). A compound: action, and standing, the earlier, an action just, that, from that, then.
नेपालीमा
सम्झिइरहेको त्यो, कर्ममा रहेको अघिल्लो, त्यही कर्म हो, अनि त्यसपछि।
Where it sits
In Upadeśasāhasrī (उपदेशसाहस्री), prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 15. Nānyadanyat (नान्यदन्यत्). One thing is not something other. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: smaryamāṇaṃ (स्मर्यमाणं) + hi (हि) + karma-sthaṃ (कर्म-स्थं) + pūrvaṃ (पूर्वं) + karma (कर्म) + eva (एव) + tat (तत्) + tataḥ (ततः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| smaryamāṇaṃ (स्मर्यमाणं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | smaryamāṇa (स्मर्यमाण) |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| karma-sthaṃ (कर्म-स्थं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: action, and standing. Read it from the end |
| pūrvaṃ (पूर्वं) | accusative singular, masculine | the earlier |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| tat (तत्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| tataḥ (ततः) | indeclinable | from that, then |
The phrases
smaryamāṇaṃ (स्मर्यमाणं) is smaryamāṇa (स्मर्यमाण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. karma-sthaṃ (कर्म-स्थं) is a compound: action, and standing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. pūrvaṃ (पूर्वं) is the earlier. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as karmaiva. tat (तत्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tataḥ (ततः) is from that, then. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
smaryamāṇaṃ (स्मर्यमाणं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins it on as karmaiva.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss smaryamāṇaṃ (स्मर्यमाणं) and karma-sthaṃ (कर्म-स्थं).