16.38
Upadeśasāhasrī / 16. Pārthiva (पार्थिव) / 16.38
अवस्थान्तरवत्त्वे हि नाशोऽस्य स्यान् न संशयः
avasthāntaravattve hi nāśo 'sya syān na saṃśayaḥ
The line
In avasthāntaravattva (अवस्थान्तरवत्त्व). Destruction, of of this, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n, not doubt.
नेपालीमा
अर्को अवस्था भए यसको नाश हुनेछ। शङ्का छैन।
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: avasthāntaravattve (अवस्थान्तरवत्त्वे) + hi (हि) + nāśo (नाशो) + asya (अस्य) + syān (स्यान्) + na (न) + saṃśayaḥ (संशयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| avasthāntaravattve (अवस्थान्तरवत्त्वे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | avasthāntaravattva (अवस्थान्तरवत्त्व) |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| nāśo (नाशो) | nominative singular, masculine | destruction |
| asya (अस्य) | genitive singular | of this |
| syān (स्यान्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| saṃśayaḥ (संशयः) | nominative singular, masculine | doubt |
The phrases
avasthāntaravattve (अवस्थान्तरवत्त्वे) is avasthāntaravattva (अवस्थान्तरवत्त्व). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. nāśo (नाशो) is destruction. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. asya (अस्य) is of this. It stands as genitive singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
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. saṃśayaḥ (संशयः) is doubt. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
The apostrophe is an avagraha. It marks an a that sandhi dropped. The sitting puts that a back. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss avasthāntaravattve (अवस्थान्तरवत्त्वे) and nāśo (नाशो).
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