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Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.200
निवृत्तावहमः सिद्धः स्वात्मनोऽनुभवश् च नः
nivṛttāv ahamaḥ siddhaḥ svātmano 'nubhavaś ca naḥ
The line
nivṛttāv (निवृत्ताव्), I, established, a compound: one's own, and the self, experience and, naḥ (नः).
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: nivṛttāv (निवृत्ताव्) + ahamaḥ (अहमः) + siddhaḥ (सिद्धः) + sva-ātman-o (स्व-आत्मन्-ओ) + anubhavaḥ (अनुभवः) + ca (च) + naḥ (नः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nivṛttāv (निवृत्ताव्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ahamaḥ (अहमः) | nominative singular, masculine | I |
| siddhaḥ (सिद्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | established |
| sva-ātman-o (स्व-आत्मन्-ओ) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: one's own, and the self. Read it from the end |
| anubhavaḥ (अनुभवः) | nominative singular, masculine | experience |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| naḥ (नः) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
nivṛttāv (निवृत्ताव्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ahamaḥ (अहमः) is I. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. siddhaḥ (सिद्धः) is established. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. sva-ātman-o (स्व-आत्मन्-ओ) is a compound: one's own, and the self. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
anubhavaḥ (अनुभवः) is experience. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. naḥ (नः) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
sva-ātman-o (स्व-आत्मन्-ओ) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nivṛttāv (निवृत्ताव्) and ahamaḥ (अहमः).