17.34
Upadeśasāhasrī / 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति) / 17.34
बुद्धौ बोधो न तद्धर्मस् तथैव स्याद् विधर्मतः
buddhau bodho na taddharmas tathaiva syād vidharmataḥ
The line
One who has woken, awareness, not that, dharma, so, in that way just, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, vidharmata (विधर्मत).
नेपालीमा
बुद्धिमा रहेको बोध त्यो धर्म होइन। अर्को धर्म भएकाले त्यस्तै हुनेछ।
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: buddhau (बुद्धौ) + bodhaḥ (बोधः) + na (न) + tad (तद्) + dharmaḥ (धर्मः) + tathā (तथा) + eva (एव) + syād (स्याद्) + vidharmataḥ (विधर्मतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| buddhau (बुद्धौ) | nominative or accusative dual, masculine | one who has woken |
| bodhaḥ (बोधः) | nominative singular, masculine | awareness |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| dharmaḥ (धर्मः) | nominative singular, masculine | dharma |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| vidharmataḥ (विधर्मतः) | nominative singular, masculine | vidharmata (विधर्मत) |
The phrases
buddhau (बुद्धौ) is one who has woken. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, masculine. bodhaḥ (बोधः) is awareness. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it bodho. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. dharmaḥ (धर्मः) is dharma. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as taddharmas.
tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as tathaiva. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. vidharmataḥ (विधर्मतः) is vidharmata (विधर्मत). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
vidharmataḥ (विधर्मतः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it bodho. The line joins them as taddharmas. The line joins them as tathaiva.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss buddhau (बुद्धौ) and bodhaḥ (बोधः).