18.204
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.204
मोक्षस्यानित्यतैवं स्याद् विरोध्येवान्यथा वचः
mokṣasyānityataivaṃ syād virodhy evānyathā vacaḥ
The line
A compound: release, syāni (स्यानि), and tyataiva (त्यतैव), it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, virodhy (विरोध्य्), evānyatha (एवान्यथ), a saying.
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: mokṣa-syāni-tyataivaṃ (मोक्ष-स्यानि-त्यतैवं) + syād (स्याद्) + virodhy (विरोध्य्) + evānyathā (एवान्यथा) + vacaḥ (वचः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mokṣa-syāni-tyataivaṃ (मोक्ष-स्यानि-त्यतैवं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: release, syāni (स्यानि), and tyataiva (त्यतैव). Read it from the end |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| virodhy (विरोध्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| evānyathā (एवान्यथा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | evānyatha (एवान्यथ) |
| vacaḥ (वचः) | the stem, as the line writes it | a saying |
The phrases
mokṣa-syāni-tyataivaṃ (मोक्ष-स्यानि-त्यतैवं) is a compound: release, syāni (स्यानि), and tyataiva (त्यतैव). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. virodhy (विरोध्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
evānyathā (एवान्यथा) is evānyatha (एवान्यथ). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. vacaḥ (वचः) is a saying. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
mokṣa-syāni-tyataivaṃ (मोक्ष-स्यानि-त्यतैवं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mokṣa-syāni-tyataivaṃ (मोक्ष-स्यानि-त्यतैवं) and syād (स्याद्).