17.2
Upadeśasāhasrī / 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति) / 17.2
ब्रह्म वेदरहस्यं यैस् तान् नित्यं प्रणतोऽस्म्यहम्
brahma vedarahasyaṃ yais tān nityaṃ praṇato 'smy aham
The line
Brahman, a compound: the Veda, and rahasya (रहस्य), yais (यै), them, always, praṇata (प्रणत), asmy (अस्म्य्), I.
नेपालीमा
जसद्वारा वेदको रहस्य ब्रह्मन् हो, उहाँहरूलाई म सधैँ निहुरिएको छु।
Where it sits
In Upadeśasāhasrī (उपदेशसाहस्री), prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति). Right thought. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: brahma (ब्रह्म) + veda-rahasyaṃ (वेद-रहस्यं) + yais (यै) + tān (तान्) + nityaṃ (नित्यं) + praṇato (प्रणतो) + asmy (अस्म्य्) + aham (अहम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| brahma (ब्रह्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | Brahman |
| veda-rahasyaṃ (वेद-रहस्यं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: the Veda, and rahasya (रहस्य). Read it from the end |
| yais (यै) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tān (तान्) | accusative plural, masculine | them |
| nityaṃ (नित्यं) | indeclinable | always |
| praṇato (प्रणतो) | nominative singular, masculine | praṇata (प्रणत) |
| asmy (अस्म्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I |
The phrases
brahma (ब्रह्म) is Brahman. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. veda-rahasyaṃ (वेद-रहस्यं) is a compound: the Veda, and rahasya (रहस्य). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. yais (यै) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tān (तान्) is them. It stands as accusative plural, masculine.
nityaṃ (नित्यं) is always. It stands as indeclinable. praṇato (प्रणतो) is praṇata (प्रणत). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. asmy (अस्म्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. aham (अहम्) is I. It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
veda-rahasyaṃ (वेद-रहस्यं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss brahma (ब्रह्म) and veda-rahasyaṃ (वेद-रहस्यं).