18.211
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.211
गृहीत्वैव विरुद्धार्थमादध्यात् कथमेव सः
gṛhītvaiva viruddhārtham ādadhyāt katham eva saḥ
The line
gṛhītvaiva (गृहीत्वैव), a compound: a contradictory reason, and a thing, a meaning, because of ādadhya (आदध्य), how just, he, that.
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: gṛhītvaiva (गृहीत्वैव) + viruddha-artham (विरुद्ध-अर्थम्) + ādadhyāt (आदध्यात्) + katham (कथम्) + eva (एव) + saḥ (सः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| gṛhītvaiva (गृहीत्वैव) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| viruddha-artham (विरुद्ध-अर्थम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a contradictory reason, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| ādadhyāt (आदध्यात्) | ablative singular | ādadhya (आदध्य) |
| katham (कथम्) | indeclinable | how |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that |
The phrases
gṛhītvaiva (गृहीत्वैव) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. viruddha-artham (विरुद्ध-अर्थम्) is a compound: a contradictory reason, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. ādadhyāt (आदध्यात्) is ādadhya (आदध्य). It stands as ablative singular.
katham (कथम्) is how. It stands as indeclinable. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. saḥ (सः) is he, that. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
viruddha-artham (विरुद्ध-अर्थम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss gṛhītvaiva (गृहीत्वैव) and viruddha-artham (विरुद्ध-अर्थम्).