16.20
Upadeśasāhasrī / 16. Pārthiva (पार्थिव) / 16.20
प्रकाशत्वान् मनस्येवं बुद्धौ न स्तः प्रकाशतः
prakāśatvān manasy evaṃ buddhau na staḥ prakāśataḥ
The line
A compound: light, and the state of being that, manasy (मनस्य्) thus, one who has woken, not staḥ (स्तः), a compound: light, and taḥa (तःअ).
नेपालीमा
प्रकाश भएकाले मनमा र यसरी नै बुद्धिमा ती दुई प्रकाशबाट हुँदैनन्।
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: prakāśa-tvān (प्रकाश-त्वान्) + manasy (मनस्य्) + evaṃ (एवं) + buddhau (बुद्धौ) + na (न) + staḥ (स्तः) + prakāśa-taḥa (प्रकाश-तःअ)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakāśa-tvān (प्रकाश-त्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: light, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| manasy (मनस्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| buddhau (बुद्धौ) | nominative or accusative dual, masculine | one who has woken |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| staḥ (स्तः) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| prakāśa-taḥa (प्रकाश-तःअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: light, and taḥa (तःअ). Read it from the end |
The phrases
prakāśa-tvān (प्रकाश-त्वान्) is a compound: light, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. manasy (मनस्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. buddhau (बुद्धौ) is one who has woken. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, masculine.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. staḥ (स्तः) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. prakāśa-taḥa (प्रकाश-तःअ) is a compound: light, and taḥa (तःअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
prakāśa-tvān (प्रकाश-त्वान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prakāśa-tvān (प्रकाश-त्वान्) and manasy (मनस्य्).