18.21
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.21
भूयोऽध्यासविधिः कश्चित् कुतश्चिन् नोपपद्यते
bhūyo 'dhyāsavidhiḥ kaścit kutaścin nopapadyate
The line
bhūya (भूय), a compound: superimposition, and vidha (विध), someone, kutaścin (कुतश्चिन्), does not fit.
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: bhūyo (भूयो) + adhyāsa-vidhiḥ (अध्यास-विधिः) + kaścit (कश्चित्) + kutaścin (कुतश्चिन्) + nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhūyo (भूयो) | nominative singular, masculine | bhūya (भूय) |
| adhyāsa-vidhiḥ (अध्यास-विधिः) | nominative singular | a compound: superimposition, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end |
| kaścit (कश्चित्) | nominative singular, masculine | someone |
| kutaścin (कुतश्चिन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते) | present, third person singular | does not fit |
The phrases
bhūyo (भूयो) is bhūya (भूय). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. adhyāsa-vidhiḥ (अध्यास-विधिः) is a compound: superimposition, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. kaścit (कश्चित्) is someone. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
kutaścin (कुतश्चिन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते) is does not fit. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
adhyāsa-vidhiḥ (अध्यास-विधिः) 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 bhūyo (भूयो) and adhyāsa-vidhiḥ (अध्यास-विधिः).