17.66
Upadeśasāhasrī / 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति) / 17.66
ज्ञानाज्ञाने न मे स्यातां चिद्रूपत्वाविशेषतः
jñānājñāne na me syātāṃ cidrūpatvāviśeṣataḥ
The line
In a compound: knowing, and not-knowing, not of me, of it would be, a compound: cidrū (चिद्रू), patvā (पत्वा), a difference, and taḥa (तःअ).
नेपालीमा
चेतनाको रूपमा फरक नभएकाले ज्ञान र अज्ञान ममा हुँदैनन्।
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: jñāna-ajñāne (ज्ञान-अज्ञाने) + na (न) + me (मे) + syātāṃ (स्यातां) + cidrū-patvā-viśeṣa-taḥa (चिद्रू-पत्वा-विशेष-तःअ)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jñāna-ajñāne (ज्ञान-अज्ञाने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: knowing, and not-knowing. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| me (मे) | genitive or dative singular | me |
| syātāṃ (स्यातां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | it would be |
| cidrū-patvā-viśeṣa-taḥa (चिद्रू-पत्वा-विशेष-तःअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: cidrū (चिद्रू), patvā (पत्वा), a difference, and taḥa (तःअ). Read it from the end |
The phrases
jñāna-ajñāne (ज्ञान-अज्ञाने) is a compound: knowing, and not-knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. me (मे) is me. It stands as genitive or dative singular.
syātāṃ (स्यातां) is it would be. It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. cidrū-patvā-viśeṣa-taḥa (चिद्रू-पत्वा-विशेष-तःअ) is a compound: cidrū (चिद्रू), patvā (पत्वा), a difference, and taḥa (तःअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
cidrū-patvā-viśeṣa-taḥa (चिद्रू-पत्वा-विशेष-तःअ) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss jñāna-ajñāne (ज्ञान-अज्ञाने) and me (मे).