18.1
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.1
नित्यावगतये तस्मै नमो धीप्रत्ययात्मने
nityāvagataye tasmai namo dhīpratyayātmane
The line
For a compound: nityāva (नित्याव), and gone, for for that, nama (नम), in a compound: a thought, a condition, and the self.
नेपालीमा
सधैँ जानिएको त्यसलाई नमस्कार, बुद्धिको प्रत्यय भएको आत्मन्लाई।
Where it sits
In Upadeśasāhasrī (उपदेशसाहस्री), prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि). That thou art. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: nityāva-gataye (नित्याव-गतये) + tasmai (तस्मै) + namo (नमो) + dhī-pratyaya-ātman-e (धी-प्रत्यय-आत्मन्-ए)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nityāva-gataye (नित्याव-गतये) | dative singular | a compound: nityāva (नित्याव), and gone. Read it from the end |
| tasmai (तस्मै) | dative singular | for that |
| namo (नमो) | nominative singular, masculine | nama (नम) |
| dhī-pratyaya-ātman-e (धी-प्रत्यय-आत्मन्-ए) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a thought, a condition, and the self. Read it from the end |
The phrases
nityāva-gataye (नित्याव-गतये) is a compound: nityāva (नित्याव), and gone. Read it from the end. It stands as dative singular. tasmai (तस्मै) is for that. It stands as dative singular.
namo (नमो) is nama (नम). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. dhī-pratyaya-ātman-e (धी-प्रत्यय-आत्मन्-ए) is a compound: a thought, a condition, and the self. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
dhī-pratyaya-ātman-e (धी-प्रत्यय-आत्मन्-ए) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nityāva-gataye (नित्याव-गतये) and tasmai (तस्मै).