15.44
Upadeśasāhasrī / 15. Nānyadanyat (नान्यदन्यत्) / 15.44
स्वरूपत्वादभूत्वा न प्रकाशो जायते रवेः
svarūpatvād abhūtvā na prakāśo jāyate raveḥ
The line
Because of a compound: own form, and the state of being that, abhūtva (अभूत्व), not light, arises, is born, of rava (रव).
नेपालीमा
आफ्नै रूप भएकाले, पहिले नभएको प्रकाश सूर्यबाट जन्मिँदैन।
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: svarūpa-tvāt (स्वरूप-त्वात्) + abhūtvā (अभूत्वा) + na (न) + prakāśaḥ (प्रकाशः) + jāyate (जायते) + raveḥ (रवेः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svarūpa-tvāt (स्वरूप-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: own form, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| abhūtvā (अभूत्वा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | abhūtva (अभूत्व) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| prakāśaḥ (प्रकाशः) | nominative singular, masculine | light |
| jāyate (जायते) | present, third person singular | arises, is born |
| raveḥ (रवेः) | genitive or ablative singular | rava (रव) |
The phrases
svarūpa-tvāt (स्वरूप-त्वात्) is a compound: own form, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it svarūpatvād (स्वरूपत्वाद्). abhūtvā (अभूत्वा) is abhūtva (अभूत्व). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
prakāśaḥ (प्रकाशः) is light. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it prakāśo (प्रकाशो). jāyate (जायते) is arises, is born. It stands as present, third person singular. raveḥ (रवेः) is rava (रव). It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
svarūpa-tvāt (स्वरूप-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it svarūpatvād (स्वरूपत्वाद्). The line writes it prakāśo (प्रकाशो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss svarūpa-tvāt (स्वरूप-त्वात्) and abhūtvā (अभूत्वा).