15.4
Upadeśasāhasrī / 15. Nānyadanyat (नान्यदन्यत्) / 15.4
दृश्याद् द्रष्टासजातीयो न धीवत् साक्षितान्यथा
dṛśyād draṣṭāsajātīyo na dhīvat sākṣitānyathā
The line
Because of dṛśya (दृश्य), draṣṭāsajātīya (द्रष्टासजातीय), not a compound: a thought, and possessing, sākṣitānyatha (साक्षितान्यथ).
नेपालीमा
देखिने कुराबाट द्रष्टा उही जातको होइन, बुद्धि जस्तो होइन। साक्षी हुनु अर्कै हो।
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: dṛśyād (दृश्याद्) + draṣṭāsajātīyo (द्रष्टासजातीयो) + na (न) + dhī-vat (धी-वत्) + sākṣitānyathā (साक्षितान्यथा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dṛśyād (दृश्याद्) | ablative singular | dṛśya (दृश्य) |
| draṣṭāsajātīyo (द्रष्टासजातीयो) | nominative singular, masculine | draṣṭāsajātīya (द्रष्टासजातीय) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| dhī-vat (धी-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a thought, and possessing. Read it from the end |
| sākṣitānyathā (साक्षितान्यथा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | sākṣitānyatha (साक्षितान्यथ) |
The phrases
dṛśyād (दृश्याद्) is dṛśya (दृश्य). It stands as ablative singular. draṣṭāsajātīyo (द्रष्टासजातीयो) is draṣṭāsajātīya (द्रष्टासजातीय). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
dhī-vat (धी-वत्) is a compound: a thought, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. sākṣitānyathā (साक्षितान्यथा) is sākṣitānyatha (साक्षितान्यथ). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
draṣṭāsajātīyo (द्रष्टासजातीयो) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dṛśyād (दृश्याद्) and draṣṭāsajātīyo (द्रष्टासजातीयो).