18.202

Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.202

तदाभासतया जन्म धियोऽस्यानुभवः स्मृतः

tadābhāsatayā janma dhiyo 'syānubhavaḥ smṛtaḥ

The line

tadābhāsataya (तदाभासतय), birth, dhiya (धिय), asyānubhava (अस्यानुभव), memory.

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: tadābhāsatayā (तदाभासतया) + janma (जन्म) + dhiyo (धियो) + asyānubhavaḥ (अस्यानुभवः) + smṛtaḥ (स्मृतः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
tadābhāsatayā (तदाभासतया)nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singulartadābhāsataya (तदाभासतय)
janma (जन्म)nominative or accusative singular, neuterbirth
dhiyo (धियो)nominative singular, masculinedhiya (धिय)
asyānubhavaḥ (अस्यानुभवः)nominative singular, masculineasyānubhava (अस्यानुभव)
smṛtaḥ (स्मृतः)nominative singular, femininememory

The phrases

tadābhāsatayā (तदाभासतया) is tadābhāsataya (तदाभासतय). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. janma (जन्म) is birth. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. dhiyo (धियो) is dhiya (धिय). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.

asyānubhavaḥ (अस्यानुभवः) is asyānubhava (अस्यानुभव). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. smṛtaḥ (स्मृतः) is memory. It stands as nominative singular, feminine.

Sanskrit in this line

The apostrophe is an avagraha. It marks an a that sandhi dropped. The sitting puts that a back. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss tadābhāsatayā (तदाभासतया) and janma (जन्म).

Next

18.203. In śrotavyāda (श्रोतव्याद), of of you thus, this, a contradictory reason, how, is said.