16.16
Upadeśasāhasrī / 16. Pārthiva (पार्थिव) / 16.16
विकल्पोत्पत्तिहेतुत्वाद् यद्यस्यैव च कारणम्
vikalpotpattihetutvād yady asyaiva ca kāraṇam
The line
Because of a compound: an alternative, a division, arising, the origin, a reason, and the state of being that, if. yadi before a vowel, of of this just and, a cause.
नेपालीमा
विकल्प उठ्नुको कारण भएकाले, यदि यसैको कारण पनि हो भने।
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: vikalpa-utpatti-hetu-tvāt (विकल्प-उत्पत्ति-हेतु-त्वात्) + yady (यद्य्) + asya (अस्य) + eva (एव) + ca (च) + kāraṇam (कारणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vikalpa-utpatti-hetu-tvāt (विकल्प-उत्पत्ति-हेतु-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an alternative, a division, arising, the origin, a reason, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| yady (यद्य्) | indeclinable | if. yadi before a vowel |
| asya (अस्य) | genitive singular | of this |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| kāraṇam (कारणम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a cause |
The phrases
vikalpa-utpatti-hetu-tvāt (विकल्प-उत्पत्ति-हेतु-त्वात्) is a compound: an alternative, a division, arising, the origin, a reason, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vikalpotpattihetutvād (विकल्पोत्पत्तिहेतुत्वाद्). yady (यद्य्) is if. yadi before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. asya (अस्य) is of this. It stands as genitive singular.
eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as asyaiva. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. kāraṇam (कारणम्) is a cause. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
vikalpa-utpatti-hetu-tvāt (विकल्प-उत्पत्ति-हेतु-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vikalpotpattihetutvād (विकल्पोत्पत्तिहेतुत्वाद्). The line joins it on as asyaiva.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vikalpa-utpatti-hetu-tvāt (विकल्प-उत्पत्ति-हेतु-त्वात्) and asya (अस्य).