17.27
Upadeśasāhasrī / 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति) / 17.27
स्वप्नजाग्रच्छरीरेषु तद्वच् चात्मा जलेन्दुवत्
svapnajāgraccharīreṣu tadvac cātmā jalenduvat
The line
In a compound: dream, jāgra (जाग्र), ccha (च्छ), and rīra (रीर), tadvac (तद्वच्) and, the self, jalenduvat (जलेन्दुवत्).
नेपालीमा
सपना र जागरणका शरीरमा आत्मन् त्यस्तै हुन्छ, पानीमा चन्द्रमा जस्तै।
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: svapna-jāgra-ccha-rīreṣu (स्वप्न-जाग्र-च्छ-रीरेषु) + tadvac (तद्वच्) + ca (च) + ātmā (आत्मा) + jalenduvat (जलेन्दुवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svapna-jāgra-ccha-rīreṣu (स्वप्न-जाग्र-च्छ-रीरेषु) | locative plural | a compound: dream, jāgra (जाग्र), ccha (च्छ), and rīra (रीर). Read it from the end |
| tadvac (तद्वच्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| ātmā (आत्मा) | nominative singular, masculine | the self |
| jalenduvat (जलेन्दुवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
svapna-jāgra-ccha-rīreṣu (स्वप्न-जाग्र-च्छ-रीरेषु) is a compound: dream, jāgra (जाग्र), ccha (च्छ), and rīra (रीर). Read it from the end. It stands as locative plural. tadvac (तद्वच्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
ātmā (आत्मा) is the self. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as cātmā (चात्मा). jalenduvat (जलेन्दुवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
svapna-jāgra-ccha-rīreṣu (स्वप्न-जाग्र-च्छ-रीरेषु) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as cātmā (चात्मा).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss svapna-jāgra-ccha-rīreṣu (स्वप्न-जाग्र-च्छ-रीरेषु) and tadvac (तद्वच्).