16.71
Upadeśasāhasrī / 16. Pārthiva (पार्थिव) / 16.71
इदं विदित्वा परमं हि पावनं न लिप्यते व्योम इवेह कर्मभिः
idaṃ viditvā paramaṃ hi pāvanaṃ na lipyate vyoma iveha karmabhiḥ
The line
This, viditva (विदित्व), the highest. pāvana (पावन), not in lipyata (लिप्यत), the sky, like, as if, here, a compound: action, and bhiḥa (भिःअ).
नेपालीमा
यो परम पवित्र कुरा जानिसकेपछि यहाँ कर्मले दाग लाग्दैन, आकाशलाई जस्तै।
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: idaṃ (इदं) + viditvā (विदित्वा) + paramaṃ (परमं) + hi (हि) + pāvanaṃ (पावनं) + na (न) + lipyate (लिप्यते) + vyoma (व्योम) + iva (इव) + iha (इह) + karma-bhiḥa (कर्म-भिःअ)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| idaṃ (इदं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | this |
| viditvā (विदित्वा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | viditva (विदित्व) |
| paramaṃ (परमं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the highest |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| pāvanaṃ (पावनं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | pāvana (पावन) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| lipyate (लिप्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | lipyata (लिप्यत) |
| vyoma (व्योम) | the stem, as the line writes it | the sky |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | like, as if |
| iha (इह) | indeclinable | here |
| karma-bhiḥa (कर्म-भिःअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: action, and bhiḥa (भिःअ). Read it from the end |
The phrases
idaṃ (इदं) is this. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. viditvā (विदित्वा) is viditva (विदित्व). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. paramaṃ (परमं) is the highest. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. pāvanaṃ (पावनं) is pāvana (पावन). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
lipyate (लिप्यते) is lipyata (लिप्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vyoma (व्योम) is the sky. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. iva (इव) is like, as if. It stands as indeclinable. iha (इह) is here. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as iveha. karma-bhiḥa (कर्म-भिःअ) is a compound: action, and bhiḥa (भिःअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
karma-bhiḥa (कर्म-भिःअ) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as iveha.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss idaṃ (इदं) and viditvā (विदित्वा).