18.183
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.183
अक्षजादिनिभैरेतैः कथं स्याद् वाक्यबाधनम्
akṣajādinibhair etaiḥ kathaṃ syād vākyabādhanam
The line
akṣajādinibhair (अक्षजादिनिभैर्), etaa (एतअ), how, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, a compound: a sentence, and hurting.
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: akṣajādinibhair (अक्षजादिनिभैर्) + etaiḥ (एतैः) + kathaṃ (कथं) + syād (स्याद्) + vākya-bādhanam (वाक्य-बाधनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| akṣajādinibhair (अक्षजादिनिभैर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| etaiḥ (एतैः) | nominative singular | etaa (एतअ) |
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| vākya-bādhanam (वाक्य-बाधनम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: a sentence, and hurting. Read it from the end |
The phrases
akṣajādinibhair (अक्षजादिनिभैर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. etaiḥ (एतैः) is etaa (एतअ). It stands as nominative singular. kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. vākya-bādhanam (वाक्य-बाधनम्) is a compound: a sentence, and hurting. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
akṣajādinibhair (अक्षजादिनिभैर्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss akṣajādinibhair (अक्षजादिनिभैर्) and etaiḥ (एतैः).