18.19
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.19
क्रियासाध्यं पुरा श्राव्यं न मोक्षो नित्यसिद्धतः
kriyāsādhyaṃ purā śrāvyaṃ na mokṣo nityasiddhataḥ
The line
A compound: an act, and what is to be established, of old, śrāvya (श्राव्य), not release, a compound: eternal, and siddhata (सिद्धत).
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: kriyā-sādhyaṃ (क्रिया-साध्यं) + purā (पुरा) + śrāvyaṃ (श्राव्यं) + na (न) + mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) + nitya-siddhataḥ (नित्य-सिद्धतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kriyā-sādhyaṃ (क्रिया-साध्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: an act, and what is to be established. Read it from the end |
| purā (पुरा) | indeclinable | of old |
| śrāvyaṃ (श्राव्यं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | śrāvya (श्राव्य) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | release |
| nitya-siddhataḥ (नित्य-सिद्धतः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: eternal, and siddhata (सिद्धत). Read it from the end |
The phrases
kriyā-sādhyaṃ (क्रिया-साध्यं) is a compound: an act, and what is to be established. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. purā (पुरा) is of old. It stands as indeclinable. śrāvyaṃ (श्राव्यं) is śrāvya (श्राव्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) is release. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it mokṣo (मोक्षो). nitya-siddhataḥ (नित्य-सिद्धतः) is a compound: eternal, and siddhata (सिद्धत). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
nitya-siddhataḥ (नित्य-सिद्धतः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it mokṣo (मोक्षो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kriyā-sādhyaṃ (क्रिया-साध्यं) and purā (पुरा).