18.131
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.131
आत्मन्यासक्तकर्तृत्वं न स्यात् करणकर्मणोः
ātmany āsaktakartṛtvaṃ na syāt karaṇakarmaṇoḥ
The line
ātmany (आत्मन्य्), a compound: āsakta (आसक्त), an agent, and tvaṃa (त्वंअ), not it would be, let it be granted, a compound: karaṇa (करण), action, and ṇoḥa (णोःअ).
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: ātmany (आत्मन्य्) + āsakta-kartṛ-tvaṃa (आसक्त-कर्तृ-त्वंअ) + na (न) + syāt (स्यात्) + karaṇa-karma-ṇoḥa (करण-कर्म-णोःअ)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ātmany (आत्मन्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| āsakta-kartṛ-tvaṃa (आसक्त-कर्तृ-त्वंअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: āsakta (आसक्त), an agent, and tvaṃa (त्वंअ). Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| karaṇa-karma-ṇoḥa (करण-कर्म-णोःअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: karaṇa (करण), action, and ṇoḥa (णोःअ). Read it from the end |
The phrases
ātmany (आत्मन्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. āsakta-kartṛ-tvaṃa (आसक्त-कर्तृ-त्वंअ) is a compound: āsakta (आसक्त), an agent, and tvaṃa (त्वंअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. karaṇa-karma-ṇoḥa (करण-कर्म-णोःअ) is a compound: karaṇa (करण), action, and ṇoḥa (णोःअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
āsakta-kartṛ-tvaṃa (आसक्त-कर्तृ-त्वंअ) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ātmany (आत्मन्य्) and āsakta-kartṛ-tvaṃa (आसक्त-कर्तृ-त्वंअ).