16.58
Upadeśasāhasrī / 16. Pārthiva (पार्थिव) / 16.58
एवं तर्हि न मोक्षोऽस्ति बन्धाभावात् कथंचन
evaṃ tarhi na mokṣo 'sti bandhābhāvāt kathaṃcana
The line
Thus, then, not release, is, because of a compound: bondage, and absence, how, at all, with a question word.
नेपालीमा
त्यसो भए बन्धन नभएकाले मोक्ष कुनै हालतमा हुँदैन।
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: evaṃ (एवं) + tarhi (तर्हि) + na (न) + mokṣo (मोक्षो) + asti (अस्ति) + bandha-abhāvāt (बन्ध-अभावात्) + kathaṃ (कथं) + cana (चन)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| tarhi (तर्हि) | indeclinable | then |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| mokṣo (मोक्षो) | nominative singular, masculine | release |
| asti (अस्ति) | present, third person singular | is |
| bandha-abhāvāt (बन्ध-अभावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: bondage, and absence. Read it from the end |
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how |
| cana (चन) | indeclinable | at all, with a question word |
The phrases
evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. tarhi (तर्हि) is then. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. mokṣo (मोक्षो) is release. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
asti (अस्ति) is is. It stands as present, third person singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. bandha-abhāvāt (बन्ध-अभावात्) is a compound: bondage, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable. cana (चन) is at all, with a question word. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as kathaṃcana (कथंचन).
Sanskrit in this line
bandha-abhāvāt (बन्ध-अभावात्) 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 line joins them as kathaṃcana (कथंचन).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tarhi (तर्हि) and mokṣo (मोक्षो).