17.47
Upadeśasāhasrī / 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति) / 17.47
यदा स्वात्मदृशः कामाः प्रमुच्यन्तेऽमृतस् तदा
yadā svātmadṛśaḥ kāmāḥ pramucyante 'mṛtas tadā
The line
When, svātmadṛśa (स्वात्मदृश), desire, in pramucyanta (प्रमुच्यन्त), the deathless, then.
नेपालीमा
आफ्नो आत्मन् देख्नेका इच्छा छुट्छन्, तब ऊ अमृत हुन्छ।
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: yadā (यदा) + svātmadṛśaḥ (स्वात्मदृशः) + kāmāḥ (कामाः) + pramucyante (प्रमुच्यन्ते) + amṛtaḥ (अमृतः) + tadā (तदा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yadā (यदा) | indeclinable | when |
| svātmadṛśaḥ (स्वात्मदृशः) | nominative singular, masculine | svātmadṛśa (स्वात्मदृश) |
| kāmāḥ (कामाः) | nominative plural | desire |
| pramucyante (प्रमुच्यन्ते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | pramucyanta (प्रमुच्यन्त) |
| amṛtaḥ (अमृतः) | nominative singular, masculine | the deathless |
| tadā (तदा) | indeclinable | then |
The phrases
yadā (यदा) is when. It stands as indeclinable. svātmadṛśaḥ (स्वात्मदृशः) is svātmadṛśa (स्वात्मदृश). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. kāmāḥ (कामाः) is desire. It stands as nominative plural.
pramucyante (प्रमुच्यन्ते) is pramucyanta (प्रमुच्यन्त). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. amṛtaḥ (अमृतः) is the deathless. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. tadā (तदा) is then. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
The apostrophe is an avagraha. It marks an a that sandhi dropped. The sitting puts that a back. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yadā (यदा) and svātmadṛśaḥ (स्वात्मदृशः).