18.188
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.188
वाक्यार्थस्यापि विज्ञानं पदार्थस्मृतिपूर्वकम्
vākyārthasyāpi vijñānaṃ padārthasmṛtipūrvakam
The line
Of a compound: a sentence, and a thing, a meaning even, knowing, a compound: a word, a thing, a meaning, memory, and pūrvaka (पूर्वक).
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: vākya-arthasya (वाक्य-अर्थस्य) + api (अपि) + vijñānaṃ (विज्ञानं) + pada-artha-smṛti-pūrvakam (पद-अर्थ-स्मृति-पूर्वकम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vākya-arthasya (वाक्य-अर्थस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: a sentence, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vijñānaṃ (विज्ञानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | knowing |
| pada-artha-smṛti-pūrvakam (पद-अर्थ-स्मृति-पूर्वकम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a word, a thing, a meaning, memory, and pūrvaka (पूर्वक). Read it from the end |
The phrases
vākya-arthasya (वाक्य-अर्थस्य) is a compound: a sentence, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as vākyārthasyāpi (वाक्यार्थस्यापि).
vijñānaṃ (विज्ञानं) is knowing. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. pada-artha-smṛti-pūrvakam (पद-अर्थ-स्मृति-पूर्वकम्) is a compound: a word, a thing, a meaning, memory, and pūrvaka (पूर्वक). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
pada-artha-smṛti-pūrvakam (पद-अर्थ-स्मृति-पूर्वकम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins it on as vākyārthasyāpi (वाक्यार्थस्यापि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vākya-arthasya (वाक्य-अर्थस्य) and vijñānaṃ (विज्ञानं).
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18.189. Thus, nirduḥkha (निर्दुःख), the self, akriya (अक्रिय), arrives at, understands.