18.178
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.178
स्मृत्यभावे न वाक्यार्थो ज्ञातुं शक्यो बि केनचित्
smṛtyabhāve na vākyārtho jñātuṃ śakyo bi kenacit
The line
In a compound: memory, and absence, not a compound: a sentence, and a thing, a meaning, known, śakya (शक्य), bi (बि), by means of by what, some, at all.
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: smṛti-abhāve (स्मृति-अभावे) + na (न) + vākya-arthaḥ (वाक्य-अर्थः) + jñātuṃ (ज्ञातुं) + śakyo (शक्यो) + bi (बि) + kena (केन) + cit (चित्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| smṛti-abhāve (स्मृति-अभावे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: memory, and absence. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vākya-arthaḥ (वाक्य-अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a sentence, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| jñātuṃ (ज्ञातुं) | accusative singular | known |
| śakyo (शक्यो) | nominative singular, masculine | śakya (शक्य) |
| bi (बि) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| kena (केन) | instrumental singular | by what |
| cit (चित्) | indeclinable | some, at all |
The phrases
smṛti-abhāve (स्मृति-अभावे) is a compound: memory, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vākya-arthaḥ (वाक्य-अर्थः) is a compound: a sentence, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vākyārtho (वाक्यार्थो). jñātuṃ (ज्ञातुं) is known. It stands as accusative singular.
śakyo (शक्यो) is śakya (शक्य). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. bi (बि) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. kena (केन) is by what. It stands as instrumental singular. cit (चित्) is some, at all. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as kenacit.
Sanskrit in this line
smṛti-abhāve (स्मृति-अभावे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vākyārtho (वाक्यार्थो). The line joins them as kenacit.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss smṛti-abhāve (स्मृति-अभावे) and vākya-arthaḥ (वाक्य-अर्थः).