17.63
Upadeśasāhasrī / 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति) / 17.63
प्रणमेत् कं तदात्मज्ञो न कार्यं कर्मणा तदा
praṇamet kaṃ tadātmajño na kāryaṃ karmaṇā tadā
The line
praṇamet (प्रणमेत्), kaṃ (कं), tadātmajña (तदात्मज्ञ), not an effect, by means of by the action, then.
नेपालीमा
त्यो आत्मन् जान्नेले कसलाई ढोग्छ? तब कर्मले कुनै कार्य 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: praṇamet (प्रणमेत्) + kaṃ (कं) + tadātmajño (तदात्मज्ञो) + na (न) + kāryaṃ (कार्यं) + karmaṇā (कर्मणा) + tadā (तदा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| praṇamet (प्रणमेत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| kaṃ (कं) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tadātmajño (तदात्मज्ञो) | nominative singular, masculine | tadātmajña (तदात्मज्ञ) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| kāryaṃ (कार्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an effect |
| karmaṇā (कर्मणा) | instrumental singular | by the action |
| tadā (तदा) | indeclinable | then |
The phrases
praṇamet (प्रणमेत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. kaṃ (कं) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tadātmajño (तदात्मज्ञो) is tadātmajña (तदात्मज्ञ). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
kāryaṃ (कार्यं) is an effect. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. karmaṇā (कर्मणा) is by the action. It stands as instrumental singular. tadā (तदा) is then. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
tadātmajño (तदात्मज्ञो) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss praṇamet (प्रणमेत्) and kaṃ (कं).