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Upadeśasāhasrī / 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति) / 17.40
बोधस्यात्मस्वरूपत्वान् न बोधोऽन्यस् तथेष्यते
bodhasyātmasvarūpatvān na bodho 'nyas tatheṣyate
The line
A compound: awareness, it would be, masvarū (मस्वरू), and patva (पत्व), not awareness, another, so, in that way, is accepted.
नेपालीमा
बोध पनि आत्मन्कै रूप भएकाले बोधलाई अर्को भनेर मानिँदैन।
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: bodha-syāt-masvarū-patvān (बोध-स्यात्-मस्वरू-पत्वान्) + na (न) + bodho (बोधो) + anyaḥ (अन्यः) + tathā (तथा) + iṣyate (इष्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bodha-syāt-masvarū-patvān (बोध-स्यात्-मस्वरू-पत्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: awareness, it would be, masvarū (मस्वरू), and patva (पत्व). Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| bodho (बोधो) | nominative singular, masculine | awareness |
| anyaḥ (अन्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | another |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| iṣyate (इष्यते) | present, third person singular | is accepted |
The phrases
bodha-syāt-masvarū-patvān (बोध-स्यात्-मस्वरू-पत्वान्) is a compound: awareness, it would be, masvarū (मस्वरू), and patva (पत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. bodho (बोधो) is awareness. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
anyaḥ (अन्यः) is another. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable. iṣyate (इष्यते) is is accepted. It stands as present, third person singular. The line joins them as tatheṣyate (तथेष्यते).
Sanskrit in this line
bodha-syāt-masvarū-patvān (बोध-स्यात्-मस्वरू-पत्वान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. The line joins them as tatheṣyate (तथेष्यते).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bodha-syāt-masvarū-patvān (बोध-स्यात्-मस्वरू-पत्वान्) and bodho (बोधो).