16.1
Upadeśasāhasrī / 16. Pārthiva (पार्थिव) / 16.1
पक्तिचेष्टावकाशाः स्युर् वह्निवाय्वम्बरोद्भवाः
pakticeṣṭāvakāśāḥ syur vahnivāyvambarodbhavāḥ
The line
A compound: pakti (पक्ति), a movement, and vakāśa (वकाश), they would be. syuḥ (स्युः) before a voiced sound, a compound: fire, air, amba (अम्ब), and rodbhava (रोद्भव).
नेपालीमा
पकाउनु, चाल र ठाउँ, आगो, वायु र आकाशबाट जन्मिन्थे।
Where it sits
In Upadeśasāhasrī (उपदेशसाहस्री), prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 16. Pārthiva (पार्थिव). What is made of earth. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: pakti-ceṣṭā-vakāśāḥ (पक्ति-चेष्टा-वकाशाः) + syur (स्युर्) + vahni-vāyu-amba-rodbhavāḥ (वह्नि-वायु-अम्ब-रोद्भवाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pakti-ceṣṭā-vakāśāḥ (पक्ति-चेष्टा-वकाशाः) | nominative plural | a compound: pakti (पक्ति), a movement, and vakāśa (वकाश). Read it from the end |
| syur (स्युर्) | optative, third person plural | they would be. syuḥ (स्युः) before a voiced sound |
| vahni-vāyu-amba-rodbhavāḥ (वह्नि-वायु-अम्ब-रोद्भवाः) | nominative plural | a compound: fire, air, amba (अम्ब), and rodbhava (रोद्भव). Read it from the end |
The phrases
pakti-ceṣṭā-vakāśāḥ (पक्ति-चेष्टा-वकाशाः) is a compound: pakti (पक्ति), a movement, and vakāśa (वकाश). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural. syur (स्युर्) is they would be. syuḥ (स्युः) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person plural.
vahni-vāyu-amba-rodbhavāḥ (वह्नि-वायु-अम्ब-रोद्भवाः) is a compound: fire, air, amba (अम्ब), and rodbhava (रोद्भव). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
vahni-vāyu-amba-rodbhavāḥ (वह्नि-वायु-अम्ब-रोद्भवाः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pakti-ceṣṭā-vakāśāḥ (पक्ति-चेष्टा-वकाशाः) and syur (स्युर्).
Next
16.2. A compound: rūpā (रूपा), the world, and vada (वद), wanted. sajātīyārtha (सजातीयार्थ), a sense.