18.192
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.192
तत्त्वमस्यादिवाक्येषु न त्वेवमविरोधतः
tattvamasyādivākyeṣu na tv evam avirodhataḥ
The line
In a compound: that thou art, the beginning, and the rest, and a sentence, not the state of being that thus, a compound: absence of collision, and taḥa (तःअ).
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: tattvamasi-ādi-vākyeṣu (तत्त्वमसि-आदि-वाक्येषु) + na (न) + tva (त्व) + evam (एवम्) + avirodha-taḥa (अविरोध-तःअ)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tattvamasi-ādi-vākyeṣu (तत्त्वमसि-आदि-वाक्येषु) | locative plural | a compound: that thou art, the beginning, and the rest, and a sentence. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | in this way |
| avirodha-taḥa (अविरोध-तःअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: absence of collision, and taḥa (तःअ). Read it from the end |
The phrases
tattvamasi-ādi-vākyeṣu (तत्त्वमसि-आदि-वाक्येषु) is a compound: that thou art, the beginning, and the rest, and a sentence. Read it from the end. It stands as locative plural. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it.
evam (एवम्) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. avirodha-taḥa (अविरोध-तःअ) is a compound: absence of collision, and taḥa (तःअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
tattvamasi-ādi-vākyeṣu (तत्त्वमसि-आदि-वाक्येषु) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tattvamasi-ādi-vākyeṣu (तत्त्वमसि-आदि-वाक्येषु) and tva (त्व).