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Upadeśasāhasrī / 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति) / 17.50
संहृत्यात्मनि तां प्रीतिं सत्यार्थी गुरुमाश्रयेत्
saṃhṛtyātmani tāṃ prītiṃ satyārthī gurum āśrayet
The line
In saṃhṛtyātmana (संहृत्यात्मन), tāṃ (तां), prīta (प्रीत), a compound: truth, and a thing, a meaning, a teacher, āśrayet (आश्रयेत्).
नेपालीमा
त्यो प्रीति आत्मन्मा तानेर, सत्य खोज्नेले गुरुको शरण लिन्छ।
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: saṃhṛtyātmani (संहृत्यात्मनि) + tāṃ (तां) + prītiṃ (प्रीतिं) + satya-arthī (सत्य-अर्थी) + gurum (गुरुम्) + āśrayet (आश्रयेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃhṛtyātmani (संहृत्यात्मनि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | saṃhṛtyātmana (संहृत्यात्मन) |
| tāṃ (तां) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| prītiṃ (प्रीतिं) | accusative singular | prīta (प्रीत) |
| satya-arthī (सत्य-अर्थी) | nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine | a compound: truth, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| gurum (गुरुम्) | accusative singular | a teacher |
| āśrayet (आश्रयेत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
saṃhṛtyātmani (संहृत्यात्मनि) is saṃhṛtyātmana (संहृत्यात्मन). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. tāṃ (तां) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. prītiṃ (प्रीतिं) is prīta (प्रीत). It stands as accusative singular.
satya-arthī (सत्य-अर्थी) is a compound: truth, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine. gurum (गुरुम्) is a teacher. It stands as accusative singular. āśrayet (आश्रयेत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃhṛtyātmani (संहृत्यात्मनि) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃhṛtyātmani (संहृत्यात्मनि) and tāṃ (तां).