17.57
Upadeśasāhasrī / 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति) / 17.57
स्वात्मस्थो निर्गुणः शुद्धो बुद्धो मुक्तः स्वतो हि सः
svātmastho nirguṇaḥ śuddho buddho muktaḥ svato hi saḥ
The line
A compound: svātma (स्वात्म), and standing, nirguṇa (निर्गुण), clean, pure, one who has woken, one who is released, from itself. He, that.
नेपालीमा
ऊ आफ्नै आत्मन्मा बसेको छ, गुणरहित, शुद्ध, जागृत र मुक्त, किनकि ऊ आफैँबाट त्यस्तो हो।
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: svātma-sthaḥ (स्वात्म-स्थः) + nirguṇaḥ (निर्गुणः) + śuddhaḥ (शुद्धः) + buddhaḥ (बुद्धः) + muktaḥ (मुक्तः) + svataḥ (स्वतः) + hi (हि) + saḥ (सः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svātma-sthaḥ (स्वात्म-स्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: svātma (स्वात्म), and standing. Read it from the end |
| nirguṇaḥ (निर्गुणः) | nominative singular, masculine | nirguṇa (निर्गुण) |
| śuddhaḥ (शुद्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | clean, pure |
| buddhaḥ (बुद्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | one who has woken |
| muktaḥ (मुक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | one who is released |
| svataḥ (स्वतः) | the stem, as the line writes it | from itself |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that |
The phrases
svātma-sthaḥ (स्वात्म-स्थः) is a compound: svātma (स्वात्म), and standing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it svātmastho (स्वात्मस्थो). nirguṇaḥ (निर्गुणः) is nirguṇa (निर्गुण). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. śuddhaḥ (शुद्धः) is clean, pure. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it śuddho (शुद्धो). buddhaḥ (बुद्धः) is one who has woken. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it buddho.
muktaḥ (मुक्तः) is one who is released. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. svataḥ (स्वतः) is from itself. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. The line writes it svato. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. saḥ (सः) is he, that. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
svātma-sthaḥ (स्वात्म-स्थः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it svātmastho (स्वात्मस्थो). The line writes it śuddho (शुद्धो). The line writes it buddho. The line writes it svato.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss svātma-sthaḥ (स्वात्म-स्थः) and nirguṇaḥ (निर्गुणः).