18.15
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.15
यदि वा दृश्यते कश्चिद् वाक्यार्थश्रुतिमात्रतः
yadi vā dṛśyate kaścid vākyārthaśrutimātrataḥ
The line
If or, is seen, someone. kaścit (कश्चित्) before a voiced sound, a compound: a sentence, a thing, a meaning, scripture, and mātrata (मात्रत).
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: yadi (यदि) + vā (वा) + dṛśyate (दृश्यते) + kaścid (कश्चिद्) + vākya-artha-śruti-mātrataḥ (वाक्य-अर्थ-श्रुति-मात्रतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| dṛśyate (दृश्यते) | present, third person singular | is seen |
| kaścid (कश्चिद्) | nominative singular, masculine | someone. kaścit (कश्चित्) before a voiced sound |
| vākya-artha-śruti-mātrataḥ (वाक्य-अर्थ-श्रुति-मात्रतः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a sentence, a thing, a meaning, scripture, and mātrata (मात्रत). Read it from the end |
The phrases
yadi (यदि) is if. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. dṛśyate (दृश्यते) is is seen. It stands as present, third person singular.
kaścid (कश्चिद्) is someone. kaścit (कश्चित्) before a voiced sound. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vākya-artha-śruti-mātrataḥ (वाक्य-अर्थ-श्रुति-मात्रतः) is a compound: a sentence, a thing, a meaning, scripture, and mātrata (मात्रत). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
vākya-artha-śruti-mātrataḥ (वाक्य-अर्थ-श्रुति-मात्रतः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dṛśyate (दृश्यते) and kaścid (कश्चिद्).