18.165
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.165
मिथ्याभिमानतो दुःखी तेनार्थापादनक्षयः
mithyābhimānato duḥkhī tenārthāpādanakṣayaḥ
The line
mithyābhimānata (मिथ्याभिमानत), pain, a compound: tenā (तेना), rthāpā (र्थापा), dana (दन), and destruction.
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: mithyābhimānato (मिथ्याभिमानतो) + duḥkhī (दुःखी) + tenā-rthāpā-dana-kṣayaḥ (तेना-र्थापा-दन-क्षयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mithyābhimānato (मिथ्याभिमानतो) | nominative singular, masculine | mithyābhimānata (मिथ्याभिमानत) |
| duḥkhī (दुःखी) | nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine | pain |
| tenā-rthāpā-dana-kṣayaḥ (तेना-र्थापा-दन-क्षयः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: tenā (तेना), rthāpā (र्थापा), dana (दन), and destruction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
mithyābhimānato (मिथ्याभिमानतो) is mithyābhimānata (मिथ्याभिमानत). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. duḥkhī (दुःखी) is pain. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine.
tenā-rthāpā-dana-kṣayaḥ (तेना-र्थापा-दन-क्षयः) is a compound: tenā (तेना), rthāpā (र्थापा), dana (दन), and destruction. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
tenā-rthāpā-dana-kṣayaḥ (तेना-र्थापा-दन-क्षयः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mithyābhimānato (मिथ्याभिमानतो) and duḥkhī (दुःखी).
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18.166. Because of aviveka (अविवेक), so, in that way, pain, mental, in cātmanīkṣata (चात्मनीक्षत).