18.170
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.170
दशमस् त्वमसीत्येवं वाक्यं स्यात् प्रत्यगात्मनि
daśamas tvam asīty evaṃ vākyaṃ syāt pratyagātmani
The line
daśamas (दशम), you, asīty (असीत्य्) thus, a sentence, it would be, let it be granted, in the inward self.
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: daśamas (दशम) + tvam (त्वम्) + asīty (असीत्य्) + evaṃ (एवं) + vākyaṃ (वाक्यं) + syāt (स्यात्) + pratyagātmani (प्रत्यगात्मनि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| daśamas (दशम) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tvam (त्वम्) | nominative singular | you |
| asīty (असीत्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| vākyaṃ (वाक्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a sentence |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| pratyagātmani (प्रत्यगात्मनि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | the inward self |
The phrases
daśamas (दशम) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tvam (त्वम्) is you. It stands as nominative singular. asīty (असीत्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable.
vākyaṃ (वाक्यं) is a sentence. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. pratyagātmani (प्रत्यगात्मनि) is the inward self. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pratyagātmani (प्रत्यगात्मनि) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss daśamas (दशम) and tvam (त्वम्).