16.48
Upadeśasāhasrī / 16. Pārthiva (पार्थिव) / 16.48
न युक्तं सांख्यशास्त्रेऽपि विकारेऽपि न युज्यते
na yuktaṃ sāṃkhyaśāstre 'pi vikāre 'pi na yujyate
The line
Not fit, right, in a compound: sāṃkhya (सांख्य), and a teaching, a treatise even, in a transformation even, not fits.
नेपालीमा
सांख्यको शास्त्रमा पनि मिल्दैन, विकारमा पनि मिल्दैन।
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: na (न) + yuktaṃ (युक्तं) + sāṃkhya-śāstre (सांख्य-शास्त्रे) + api (अपि) + vikāre (विकारे) + api (अपि) + na (न) + yujyate (युज्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| yuktaṃ (युक्तं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | fit, right |
| sāṃkhya-śāstre (सांख्य-शास्त्रे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: sāṃkhya (सांख्य), and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vikāre (विकारे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a transformation |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| yujyate (युज्यते) | present, third person singular | fits |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. yuktaṃ (युक्तं) is fit, right. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. sāṃkhya-śāstre (सांख्य-शास्त्रे) is a compound: sāṃkhya (सांख्य), and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
vikāre (विकारे) is a transformation. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. yujyate (युज्यते) is fits. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sāṃkhya-śāstre (सांख्य-शास्त्रे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yuktaṃ (युक्तं) and sāṃkhya-śāstre (सांख्य-शास्त्रे).