16.11
Upadeśasāhasrī / 16. Pārthiva (पार्थिव) / 16.11
नैकज्ञानगुणत्वात् तु ज्योतिर्वत् तस्य कर्मता
naikajñānaguṇatvāt tu jyotirvat tasya karmatā
The line
Not because of a compound: one, knowing, a quality, and the state of being that but, jyotirvat (ज्योतिर्वत्), of of that, his, a compound: action, and the state of being that.
नेपालीमा
तर एक ज्ञानको गुण भएकाले होइन। उसको कर्म हुनु ज्योति जस्तै हो।
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: na (न) + eka-jñāna-guṇa-tvāt (एक-ज्ञान-गुण-त्वात्) + tu (तु) + jyotirvat (ज्योतिर्वत्) + tasya (तस्य) + karma-tā (कर्म-ता)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| eka-jñāna-guṇa-tvāt (एक-ज्ञान-गुण-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: one, knowing, a quality, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| jyotirvat (ज्योतिर्वत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of that, his |
| karma-tā (कर्म-ता) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: action, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. eka-jñāna-guṇa-tvāt (एक-ज्ञान-गुण-त्वात्) is a compound: one, knowing, a quality, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
jyotirvat (ज्योतिर्वत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tasya (तस्य) is of that, his. It stands as genitive singular. karma-tā (कर्म-ता) is a compound: action, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
eka-jñāna-guṇa-tvāt (एक-ज्ञान-गुण-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss eka-jñāna-guṇa-tvāt (एक-ज्ञान-गुण-त्वात्) and jyotirvat (ज्योतिर्वत्).