16.17
Upadeśasāhasrī / 16. Pārthiva (पार्थिव) / 16.17
हित्वात्मानं परं ब्रह्म विद्यान् मुक्तं सदाभयम्
hitvātmānaṃ paraṃ brahma vidyān muktaṃ sadābhayam
The line
hitvātmāna (हित्वात्मान), the highest, only, Brahman, knowing, one who is released, a compound: sadā (सदा), and fear.
नेपालीमा
आत्मन्लाई छोडेर सर्वोच्च ब्रह्मन् जानोस्, मुक्त, सधैँ निर्भय।
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: hitvātmānaṃ (हित्वात्मानं) + paraṃ (परं) + brahma (ब्रह्म) + vidyān (विद्यान्) + muktaṃ (मुक्तं) + sadā-bhayam (सदा-भयम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| hitvātmānaṃ (हित्वात्मानं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | hitvātmāna (हित्वात्मान) |
| paraṃ (परं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the highest, only |
| brahma (ब्रह्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | Brahman |
| vidyān (विद्यान्) | accusative plural, feminine | knowing |
| muktaṃ (मुक्तं) | accusative singular, masculine | one who is released |
| sadā-bhayam (सदा-भयम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: sadā (सदा), and fear. Read it from the end |
The phrases
hitvātmānaṃ (हित्वात्मानं) is hitvātmāna (हित्वात्मान). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. paraṃ (परं) is the highest, only. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. brahma (ब्रह्म) is Brahman. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
vidyān (विद्यान्) is knowing. It stands as accusative plural, feminine. muktaṃ (मुक्तं) is one who is released. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. sadā-bhayam (सदा-भयम्) is a compound: sadā (सदा), and fear. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
hitvātmānaṃ (हित्वात्मानं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss hitvātmānaṃ (हित्वात्मानं) and paraṃ (परं).