18.219
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.219
साधनत्वं व्रजत्येव शान्तो दान्तादिशासनात्
sādhanatvaṃ vrajaty eva śānto dāntādiśāsanāt
The line
A compound: the means, and the state of being that, vrajaty (व्रजत्य्) just, śānta (शान्त), because of dāntādiśāsana (दान्तादिशासन).
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: sādhana-tvaṃ (साधन-त्वं) + vrajaty (व्रजत्य्) + eva (एव) + śānto (शान्तो) + dāntādiśāsanāt (दान्तादिशासनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sādhana-tvaṃ (साधन-त्वं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: the means, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| vrajaty (व्रजत्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| śānto (शान्तो) | nominative singular, masculine | śānta (शान्त) |
| dāntādiśāsanāt (दान्तादिशासनात्) | ablative singular | dāntādiśāsana (दान्तादिशासन) |
The phrases
sādhana-tvaṃ (साधन-त्वं) is a compound: the means, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vrajaty (व्रजत्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable.
śānto (शान्तो) is śānta (शान्त). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. dāntādiśāsanāt (दान्तादिशासनात्) is dāntādiśāsana (दान्तादिशासन). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dāntādiśāsanāt (दान्तादिशासनात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sādhana-tvaṃ (साधन-त्वं) and vrajaty (व्रजत्य्).
Next
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