18.24
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.24
न संभाव्यौ तदात्मत्वादहंकर्तुस् तथैव च
na saṃbhāvyau tadātmatvād ahaṃkartus tathaiva ca
The line
Not saṃbhāvya (संभाव्य), because of tadātmatva (तदात्मत्व), a compound: I, and karta (कर्त), so, in that way just and.
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: na (न) + saṃbhāvyau (संभाव्यौ) + tadātmatvād (तदात्मत्वाद्) + ahaṃ-kartuḥ (अहं-कर्तुः) + tathā (तथा) + eva (एव) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| saṃbhāvyau (संभाव्यौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | saṃbhāvya (संभाव्य) |
| tadātmatvād (तदात्मत्वाद्) | ablative singular | tadātmatva (तदात्मत्व) |
| ahaṃ-kartuḥ (अहं-कर्तुः) | nominative singular | a compound: I, and karta (कर्त). Read it from the end |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. saṃbhāvyau (संभाव्यौ) is saṃbhāvya (संभाव्य). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. tadātmatvād (तदात्मत्वाद्) is tadātmatva (तदात्मत्व). It stands as ablative singular. ahaṃ-kartuḥ (अहं-कर्तुः) is a compound: I, and karta (कर्त). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it ahaṃkartus (अहंकर्तु).
tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as tathaiva. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
tadātmatvād (तदात्मत्वाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it ahaṃkartus (अहंकर्तु). The line joins them as tathaiva.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃbhāvyau (संभाव्यौ) and tadātmatvād (तदात्मत्वाद्).
Next
18.25. Not thus, not thus thus, that, all, sāhaṃkartra (साहंकर्त्र), in niṣidhyata (निषिध्यत).