18.28
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.28
न कश्चिद् वर्तते शब्दस् तदभावात् स्व आत्मनि
na kaścid vartate śabdas tadabhāvāt sva ātmani
The line
Not someone. kaścit (कश्चित्) before a voiced sound, in vartata (वर्तत), a word, that, because of because of absence, one's own, in in the self.
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) + kaścid (कश्चिद्) + vartate (वर्तते) + śabdaḥ (शब्दः) + tad (तद्) + abhāvāt (अभावात्) + sva (स्व) + ātmani (आत्मनि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| kaścid (कश्चिद्) | nominative singular, masculine | someone. kaścit (कश्चित्) before a voiced sound |
| vartate (वर्तते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | vartata (वर्तत) |
| śabdaḥ (शब्दः) | nominative singular, masculine | a word |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| abhāvāt (अभावात्) | ablative singular | because of absence |
| sva (स्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | one's own |
| ātmani (आत्मनि) | locative singular | in the self |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. kaścid (कश्चिद्) is someone. kaścit (कश्चित्) before a voiced sound. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vartate (वर्तते) is vartata (वर्तत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. śabdaḥ (शब्दः) is a word. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it śabdas (शब्द).
tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. abhāvāt (अभावात्) is because of absence. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as tadabhāvāt (तदभावात्). sva (स्व) is one's own. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. ātmani (आत्मनि) is in the self. It stands as locative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vartate (वर्तते) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it śabdas (शब्द). The line joins them as tadabhāvāt (तदभावात्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kaścid (कश्चिद्) and vartate (वर्तते).