18.179
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.179
व्यज्यते नैव वाक्यार्थो नित्यमुक्तोऽहमित्यतः
vyajyate naiva vākyārtho nityamukto 'ham ity ataḥ
The line
In vyajyata (व्यज्यत), not just, a compound: a sentence, and a thing, a meaning, a compound: eternal, and one who is released, I thus, therefore, from this.
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: vyajyate (व्यज्यते) + na (न) + eva (एव) + vākya-arthaḥ (वाक्य-अर्थः) + nitya-mukto (नित्य-मुक्तो) + aham (अहम्) + ity (इत्य्) + ataḥ (अतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyajyate (व्यज्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | vyajyata (व्यज्यत) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| vākya-arthaḥ (वाक्य-अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a sentence, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| nitya-mukto (नित्य-मुक्तो) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: eternal, and one who is released. Read it from the end |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I |
| ity (इत्य्) | indeclinable | thus. iti before a vowel |
| ataḥ (अतः) | indeclinable | therefore, from this |
The phrases
vyajyate (व्यज्यते) is vyajyata (व्यज्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as naiva. 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).
nitya-mukto (नित्य-मुक्तो) is a compound: eternal, and one who is released. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. aham (अहम्) is I. It stands as nominative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. ity (इत्य्) is thus. iti before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. ataḥ (अतः) is therefore, from this. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vākya-arthaḥ (वाक्य-अर्थः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as naiva. The line writes it vākyārtho (वाक्यार्थो). The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyajyate (व्यज्यते) and vākya-arthaḥ (वाक्य-अर्थः).
Next
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