18.206
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.206
चिकीर्षुर् यः स मूढात्मा शास्त्रं चोद्घाटयत्यपि
cikīrṣur yaḥ sa mūḍhātmā śāstraṃ codghāṭayaty api
The line
The wish to make, who, which, he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant, mūḍhātma (मूढात्म), a teaching, a treatise, codghāṭayaty (चोद्घाटयत्य्) even.
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: cikīrṣuḥ (चिकीर्षुः) + yaḥ (यः) + sa (स) + mūḍhātmā (मूढात्मा) + śāstraṃ (शास्त्रं) + codghāṭayaty (चोद्घाटयत्य्) + api (अपि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| cikīrṣuḥ (चिकीर्षुः) | nominative singular | the wish to make |
| yaḥ (यः) | nominative singular, masculine | who, which |
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| mūḍhātmā (मूढात्मा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | mūḍhātma (मूढात्म) |
| śāstraṃ (शास्त्रं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a teaching, a treatise |
| codghāṭayaty (चोद्घाटयत्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
The phrases
cikīrṣuḥ (चिकीर्षुः) is the wish to make. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it cikīrṣur (चिकीर्षुर्). yaḥ (यः) is who, which. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. mūḍhātmā (मूढात्मा) is mūḍhātma (मूढात्म). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
śāstraṃ (शास्त्रं) is a teaching, a treatise. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. codghāṭayaty (चोद्घाटयत्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
codghāṭayaty (चोद्घाटयत्य्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it cikīrṣur (चिकीर्षुर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss cikīrṣuḥ (चिकीर्षुः) and yaḥ (यः).
Next
18.207. ubhayālambana (उभयालम्बन), kurvann (कुर्वन्न्), the self, vañcayaty (वञ्चयत्य्), that one.