16.46
Upadeśasāhasrī / 16. Pārthiva (पार्थिव) / 16.46
नियमो न प्रवृत्तीनां गुणेष्वात्मनि वा भवेत्
niyamo na pravṛttīnāṃ guṇeṣv ātmani vā bhavet
The line
A restriction, not of activity, setting out to act, guṇeṣv (गुणेष्व्), in in the self or, would be.
नेपालीमा
प्रवृत्तिहरूको नियम गुणमा वा आत्मन्मा हुनेछैन।
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: niyamaḥ (नियमः) + na (न) + pravṛttīnāṃ (प्रवृत्तीनां) + guṇeṣv (गुणेष्व्) + ātmani (आत्मनि) + vā (वा) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| niyamaḥ (नियमः) | nominative singular, masculine | a restriction |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| pravṛttīnāṃ (प्रवृत्तीनां) | genitive plural | activity, setting out to act |
| guṇeṣv (गुणेष्व्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ātmani (आत्मनि) | locative singular | in the self |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | would be |
The phrases
niyamaḥ (नियमः) is a restriction. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it niyamo. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. pravṛttīnāṃ (प्रवृत्तीनां) is activity, setting out to act. It stands as genitive plural. guṇeṣv (गुणेष्व्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
ātmani (आत्मनि) is in the self. It stands as locative singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. bhavet (भवेत्) is would be. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pravṛttīnāṃ (प्रवृत्तीनां) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it niyamo.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss niyamaḥ (नियमः) and pravṛttīnāṃ (प्रवृत्तीनां).