18.3
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.3
किमर्थं श्रावयत्येवं मातृवच् छ्रुतिरादृता
kimarthaṃ śrāvayaty evaṃ mātṛvac chrutir ādṛtā
The line
What, the thing, for the sake of, śrāvayaty (श्रावयत्य्) thus, mātṛvac (मातृवच्), chrutir (छ्रुतिर्), ādṛta (आदृत).
नेपालीमा
आदर पाएको श्रुति आमाझैँ यसरी किन सुनाउँछ?
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: kim (किम्) + arthaṃ (अर्थं) + śrāvayaty (श्रावयत्य्) + evaṃ (एवं) + mātṛvac (मातृवच्) + chrutir (छ्रुतिर्) + ādṛtā (आदृता)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kim (किम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what |
| arthaṃ (अर्थं) | accusative singular | the thing, for the sake of |
| śrāvayaty (श्रावयत्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| mātṛvac (मातृवच्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| chrutir (छ्रुतिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ādṛtā (आदृता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | ādṛta (आदृत) |
The phrases
kim (किम्) is what. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. arthaṃ (अर्थं) is the thing, for the sake of. It stands as accusative singular. The line joins them as kimarthaṃ (किमर्थं). śrāvayaty (श्रावयत्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable.
mātṛvac (मातृवच्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. chrutir (छ्रुतिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ādṛtā (आदृता) is ādṛta (आदृत). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śrāvayaty (श्रावयत्य्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as kimarthaṃ (किमर्थं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthaṃ (अर्थं) and śrāvayaty (श्रावयत्य्).