18.114
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.114
सर्पादेश् च तथावोचमादर्शे च मुखत्ववत्
sarpādeś ca tathāvocam ādarśe ca mukhatvavat
The line
A compound: sarpā (सर्पा), and a place and, a compound: so, and voca (वोच), in ādarśa (आदर्श) and, mukhatvavat (मुखत्ववत्).
नेपालीमा
सर्प आदिका लागि पनि मैले त्यही भनेँ, ऐनामा मुख झैँ।
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: sarpā-deśa (सर्पा-देश) + ca (च) + tathā-vocam (तथा-वोचम्) + ādarśe (आदर्शे) + ca (च) + mukhatvavat (मुखत्ववत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarpā-deśa (सर्पा-देश) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: sarpā (सर्पा), and a place. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tathā-vocam (तथा-वोचम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: so, and voca (वोच). Read it from the end |
| ādarśe (आदर्शे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | ādarśa (आदर्श) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| mukhatvavat (मुखत्ववत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
sarpā-deśa (सर्पा-देश) is a compound: sarpā (सर्पा), and a place. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. tathā-vocam (तथा-वोचम्) is a compound: so, and voca (वोच). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
ādarśe (आदर्शे) is ādarśa (आदर्श). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. mukhatvavat (मुखत्ववत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
tathā-vocam (तथा-वोचम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarpā-deśa (सर्पा-देश) and tathā-vocam (तथा-वोचम्).