17.48
Upadeśasāhasrī / 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति) / 17.48
न साध्यं साधनं वात्मा नित्यतृप्तः श्रुतेर् मतः
na sādhyaṃ sādhanaṃ vātmā nityatṛptaḥ śruter mataḥ
The line
Not what is to be established, the means or, the self, a compound: eternal, and tṛpta (तृप्त), because of because of scripture, of scripture, a thought.
नेपालीमा
आत्मन् साध्य होइन, साधन पनि होइन। श्रुतिले उसलाई सधैँ तृप्त मान्छ।
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: na (न) + sādhyaṃ (साध्यं) + sādhanaṃ (साधनं) + vā (वा) + ātmā (आत्मा) + nitya-tṛptaḥ (नित्य-तृप्तः) + śruteḥ (श्रुतेः) + mataḥ (मतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| sādhyaṃ (साध्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what is to be established |
| sādhanaṃ (साधनं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the means |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| ātmā (आत्मा) | nominative singular, masculine | the self |
| nitya-tṛptaḥ (नित्य-तृप्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: eternal, and tṛpta (तृप्त). Read it from the end |
| śruteḥ (श्रुतेः) | ablative or genitive singular | because of scripture, of scripture |
| mataḥ (मतः) | nominative singular, feminine | a thought |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. sādhyaṃ (साध्यं) is what is to be established. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. sādhanaṃ (साधनं) is the means. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
ātmā (आत्मा) is the self. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as vātmā (वात्मा). nitya-tṛptaḥ (नित्य-तृप्तः) is a compound: eternal, and tṛpta (तृप्त). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. śruteḥ (श्रुतेः) is because of scripture, of scripture. It stands as ablative or genitive singular. The line writes it śruter (श्रुतेर्). mataḥ (मतः) is a thought. It stands as nominative singular, feminine.
Sanskrit in this line
nitya-tṛptaḥ (नित्य-तृप्तः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as vātmā (वात्मा). The line writes it śruter (श्रुतेर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sādhyaṃ (साध्यं) and sādhanaṃ (साधनं).