15.39
Upadeśasāhasrī / 15. Nānyadanyat (नान्यदन्यत्) / 15.39
नैव ज्ञेयं मयान्यैर् वा परं ब्रह्म कथंचन
naiva jñeyaṃ mayānyair vā paraṃ brahma kathaṃcana
The line
Not just, what is to be known, mayānyair (मयान्यैर्) or, the highest, only, Brahman, how, at all, with a question word.
नेपालीमा
सर्वोच्च ब्रह्मन् मैले वा अरूले कुनै हालतमा जान्नुपर्ने होइन।
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: na (न) + eva (एव) + jñeyaṃ (ज्ञेयं) + mayānyair (मयान्यैर्) + vā (वा) + paraṃ (परं) + brahma (ब्रह्म) + kathaṃ (कथं) + cana (चन)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| jñeyaṃ (ज्ञेयं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what is to be known |
| mayānyair (मयान्यैर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| paraṃ (परं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the highest, only |
| brahma (ब्रह्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | Brahman |
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how |
| cana (चन) | indeclinable | at all, with a question word |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as naiva. jñeyaṃ (ज्ञेयं) is what is to be known. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. mayānyair (मयान्यैर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
paraṃ (परं) is the highest, only. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. brahma (ब्रह्म) is Brahman. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable. cana (चन) is at all, with a question word. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as kathaṃcana (कथंचन).
Sanskrit in this line
mayānyair (मयान्यैर्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as naiva. The line joins them as kathaṃcana (कथंचन).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss jñeyaṃ (ज्ञेयं) and mayānyair (मयान्यैर्).