17.78
Upadeśasāhasrī / 17. Samyaṅmati (सम्यङ्मति) / 17.78
मायया सर्वशक्तित्वादजः सन् बहुधा मतः
māyayā sarvaśaktitvād ajaḥ san bahudhā mataḥ
The line
māyaya (मायय), because of a compound: all, a power, a capacity, and the state of being that, ajaḥ (अजः), being. sat before n, bahudha (बहुध), a thought.
नेपालीमा
मायाले, सबै शक्ति भएकाले, नजन्मेको ऊ धेरै प्रकारले मानिन्छ।
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: māyayā (मायया) + sarva-śakti-tvāt (सर्व-शक्ति-त्वात्) + ajaḥ (अजः) + san (सन्) + bahudhā (बहुधा) + mataḥ (मतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| māyayā (मायया) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | māyaya (मायय) |
| sarva-śakti-tvāt (सर्व-शक्ति-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: all, a power, a capacity, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| ajaḥ (अजः) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| san (सन्) | nominative singular, masculine | being. sat before n |
| bahudhā (बहुधा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | bahudha (बहुध) |
| mataḥ (मतः) | nominative singular, feminine | a thought |
The phrases
māyayā (मायया) is māyaya (मायय). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. sarva-śakti-tvāt (सर्व-शक्ति-त्वात्) is a compound: all, a power, a capacity, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it sarvaśaktitvād (सर्वशक्तित्वाद्). ajaḥ (अजः) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
san (सन्) is being. sat before n. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. bahudhā (बहुधा) is bahudha (बहुध). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. mataḥ (मतः) is a thought. It stands as nominative singular, feminine.
Sanskrit in this line
sarva-śakti-tvāt (सर्व-शक्ति-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it sarvaśaktitvād (सर्वशक्तित्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss māyayā (मायया) and sarva-śakti-tvāt (सर्व-शक्ति-त्वात्).