17.14
Upadeśasāhasrī / 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति) / 17.14
येन पश्यति तच् चक्षुः शृणोति श्रोत्रमुच्यते
yena paśyati tac cakṣuḥ śṛṇoti śrotram ucyate
The line
By means of by which, sees, that. tat before c, cakṣa (चक्ष), in śṛṇota (शृणोत), the ear, is said.
नेपालीमा
जसद्वारा देख्छ त्यो आँखा हो, जसद्वारा सुन्छ त्यो कान भनिन्छ।
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: yena (येन) + paśyati (पश्यति) + tac (तच्) + cakṣuḥ (चक्षुः) + śṛṇoti (शृणोति) + śrotram (श्रोत्रम्) + ucyate (उच्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yena (येन) | instrumental singular | by which |
| paśyati (पश्यति) | present, third person singular | sees |
| tac (तच्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that. tat before c |
| cakṣuḥ (चक्षुः) | nominative singular | cakṣa (चक्ष) |
| śṛṇoti (शृणोति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | śṛṇota (शृणोत) |
| śrotram (श्रोत्रम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the ear |
| ucyate (उच्यते) | present, third person singular | is said |
The phrases
yena (येन) is by which. It stands as instrumental singular. paśyati (पश्यति) is sees. It stands as present, third person singular. tac (तच्) is that. tat before c. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. cakṣuḥ (चक्षुः) is cakṣa (चक्ष). It stands as nominative singular.
śṛṇoti (शृणोति) is śṛṇota (शृणोत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. śrotram (श्रोत्रम्) is the ear. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ucyate (उच्यते) is is said. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
paśyati (पश्यति) is present, third person singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yena (येन) and paśyati (पश्यति).