16.26
Upadeśasāhasrī / 16. Pārthiva (पार्थिव) / 16.26
स्थाने वा क्षणिकत्वस्य हानं स्यान् न तदिष्यते
sthāne vā kṣaṇikatvasya hānaṃ syān na tad iṣyate
The line
In the place, the order or, of kṣaṇikatva (क्षणिकत्व), abandonment, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n, not that, is accepted.
नेपालीमा
ठाउँमा वा क्षणिक हुनु त्यागिन्थ्यो। त्यो मानिँदैन।
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: sthāne (स्थाने) + vā (वा) + kṣaṇikatvasya (क्षणिकत्वस्य) + hānaṃ (हानं) + syān (स्यान्) + na (न) + tad (तद्) + iṣyate (इष्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sthāne (स्थाने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | the place, the order |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| kṣaṇikatvasya (क्षणिकत्वस्य) | genitive singular | kṣaṇikatva (क्षणिकत्व) |
| hānaṃ (हानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | abandonment |
| syān (स्यान्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| iṣyate (इष्यते) | present, third person singular | is accepted |
The phrases
sthāne (स्थाने) is the place, the order. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. kṣaṇikatvasya (क्षणिकत्वस्य) is kṣaṇikatva (क्षणिकत्व). It stands as genitive singular. hānaṃ (हानं) is abandonment. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
syān (स्यान्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n. It stands as optative, third person singular. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. iṣyate (इष्यते) is is accepted. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kṣaṇikatvasya (क्षणिकत्वस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sthāne (स्थाने) and kṣaṇikatvasya (क्षणिकत्वस्य).