18.32
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.32
अहंकृत्यात्मनिर्भासो मुखाभासवदिष्यते
ahaṃkṛty ātmanirbhāso mukhābhāsavad iṣyate
The line
A compound: I, and kṛtya (कृत्य), a compound: ātma (आत्म), and an appearance, mukhābhāsavad (मुखाभासवद्), is accepted.
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: ahaṃ-kṛtya (अहं-कृत्य) + ātma-nirbhāsaḥ (आत्म-निर्भासः) + mukhābhāsavad (मुखाभासवद्) + iṣyate (इष्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ahaṃ-kṛtya (अहं-कृत्य) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: I, and kṛtya (कृत्य). Read it from the end |
| ātma-nirbhāsaḥ (आत्म-निर्भासः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: ātma (आत्म), and an appearance. Read it from the end |
| mukhābhāsavad (मुखाभासवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| iṣyate (इष्यते) | present, third person singular | is accepted |
The phrases
ahaṃ-kṛtya (अहं-कृत्य) is a compound: I, and kṛtya (कृत्य). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. ātma-nirbhāsaḥ (आत्म-निर्भासः) is a compound: ātma (आत्म), and an appearance. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it ātmanirbhāso (आत्मनिर्भासो).
mukhābhāsavad (मुखाभासवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. iṣyate (इष्यते) is is accepted. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ātma-nirbhāsaḥ (आत्म-निर्भासः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it ātmanirbhāso (आत्मनिर्भासो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ahaṃ-kṛtya (अहं-कृत्य) and ātma-nirbhāsaḥ (आत्म-निर्भासः).