15.47
Upadeśasāhasrī / 15. Nānyadanyat (नान्यदन्यत्) / 15.47
सत्येव यदुपाधौ तु ज्ञाते सर्प इवोत्थिते
saty eva yad upādhau tu jñāte sarpa ivotthite
The line
Truth just, which, upādha (उपाध) but, in known, sarpa (सर्प), in ivotthita (इवोत्थित).
नेपालीमा
तर जब त्यो उपाधि सत्य नै जानिन्छ, सर्प झैँ उठेको।
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: satya (सत्य) + eva (एव) + yad (यद्) + upādhau (उपाधौ) + tu (तु) + jñāte (ज्ञाते) + sarpa (सर्प) + ivotthite (इवोत्थिते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| satya (सत्य) | the stem, as the line writes it | truth |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| yad (यद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | which |
| upādhau (उपाधौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | upādha (उपाध) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| jñāte (ज्ञाते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | known |
| sarpa (सर्प) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ivotthite (इवोत्थिते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | ivotthita (इवोत्थित) |
The phrases
satya (सत्य) is truth. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. yad (यद्) is which. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. upādhau (उपाधौ) is upādha (उपाध). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular.
tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. jñāte (ज्ञाते) is known. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. sarpa (सर्प) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ivotthite (इवोत्थिते) is ivotthita (इवोत्थित). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
ivotthite (इवोत्थिते) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss satya (सत्य) and upādhau (उपाधौ).