17.60
Upadeśasāhasrī / 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति) / 17.60
बुद्ध्यादेर् ज्ञस् तथासत्यान् न देही पूर्ववद् भवेत्
buddhyāder jñas tathāsatyān na dehī pūrvavad bhavet
The line
A compound: the intellect, and ādera (आदेर), jñas (ज्ञ), a compound: so, and truth, not a body, a compound: the earlier, and vada (वद), would be.
नेपालीमा
बुद्धि आदि जान्ने, ती असत्य भएकाले, पहिलेझैँ देह भएको हुँदैन।
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: buddhi-ādera (बुद्धि-आदेर) + jñas (ज्ञ) + tathā-satyān (तथा-सत्यान्) + na (न) + dehī (देही) + pūrva-vada (पूर्व-वद) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| buddhi-ādera (बुद्धि-आदेर) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the intellect, and ādera (आदेर). Read it from the end |
| jñas (ज्ञ) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tathā-satyān (तथा-सत्यान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: so, and truth. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| dehī (देही) | nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine | a body |
| pūrva-vada (पूर्व-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the earlier, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | would be |
The phrases
buddhi-ādera (बुद्धि-आदेर) is a compound: the intellect, and ādera (आदेर). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. jñas (ज्ञ) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tathā-satyān (तथा-सत्यान्) is a compound: so, and truth. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
dehī (देही) is a body. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine. pūrva-vada (पूर्व-वद) is a compound: the earlier, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. bhavet (भवेत्) is would be. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
buddhi-ādera (बुद्धि-आदेर) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss buddhi-ādera (बुद्धि-आदेर) and jñas (ज्ञ).