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Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.137
सर्वलोकप्रसिद्धत्वात् स्वहेतुभ्यस् तु वस्तुनः
sarvalokaprasiddhatvāt svahetubhyas tu vastunaḥ
The line
Because of a compound: all, the world, already familiar, and the state of being that, svahetubhyas (स्वहेतुभ्य) but, vastuna (वस्तुन).
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: sarva-loka-prasiddha-tvāt (सर्व-लोक-प्रसिद्ध-त्वात्) + svahetubhyas (स्वहेतुभ्य) + tu (तु) + vastunaḥ (वस्तुनः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarva-loka-prasiddha-tvāt (सर्व-लोक-प्रसिद्ध-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: all, the world, already familiar, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| svahetubhyas (स्वहेतुभ्य) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vastunaḥ (वस्तुनः) | nominative singular, masculine | vastuna (वस्तुन) |
The phrases
sarva-loka-prasiddha-tvāt (सर्व-लोक-प्रसिद्ध-त्वात्) is a compound: all, the world, already familiar, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. svahetubhyas (स्वहेतुभ्य) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. vastunaḥ (वस्तुनः) is vastuna (वस्तुन). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
sarva-loka-prasiddha-tvāt (सर्व-लोक-प्रसिद्ध-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarva-loka-prasiddha-tvāt (सर्व-लोक-प्रसिद्ध-त्वात्) and svahetubhyas (स्वहेतुभ्य).