17.61

Upadeśasāhasrī / 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति) / 17.61

स्यामदृश्यादिशास्त्रोक्तमहं ब्रह्मेति निर्भयः

syām adṛśyādiśāstroktam ahaṃ brahmeti nirbhayaḥ

The line

syām (स्याम्), a compound: adṛśyādi (अदृश्यादि), a teaching, a treatise, and what has been said, I, Brahman thus, nirbhaya (निर्भय).

नेपालीमा

अदृश्य आदि भन्ने शास्त्रले भनेझैँ म ब्रह्मन् हुँ, म निर्भय होऊँ।

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: syām (स्याम्) + adṛśyādi-śāstra-uktam (अदृश्यादि-शास्त्र-उक्तम्) + ahaṃ (अहं) + brahma (ब्रह्म) + iti (इति) + nirbhayaḥ (निर्भयः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
syām (स्याम्)the form as the line writes itthis word, as the line writes it
adṛśyādi-śāstra-uktam (अदृश्यादि-शास्त्र-उक्तम्)nominative or accusative singular, neutera compound: adṛśyādi (अदृश्यादि), a teaching, a treatise, and what has been said. Read it from the end
ahaṃ (अहं)nominative singularI
brahma (ब्रह्म)nominative or accusative singular, neuterBrahman
iti (इति)indeclinablethus. It closes a quote or a thought
nirbhayaḥ (निर्भयः)nominative singular, masculinenirbhaya (निर्भय)

The phrases

syām (स्याम्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. adṛśyādi-śāstra-uktam (अदृश्यादि-शास्त्र-उक्तम्) is a compound: adṛśyādi (अदृश्यादि), a teaching, a treatise, and what has been said. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ahaṃ (अहं) is I. It stands as nominative singular.

brahma (ब्रह्म) is Brahman. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as brahmeti. nirbhayaḥ (निर्भयः) is nirbhaya (निर्भय). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.

Sanskrit in this line

adṛśyādi-śāstra-uktam (अदृश्यादि-शास्त्र-उक्तम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins it on as brahmeti.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss syām (स्याम्) and adṛśyādi-śāstra-uktam (अदृश्यादि-शास्त्र-उक्तम्).

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17.62. tadātmānandatattvajña (तदात्मानन्दतत्त्वज्ञ), not in bibheta (बिभेत), kutaścana (कुतश्चन).