18.34
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.34
ज्ञैकदेशो विकारो वा तदाभासाश्रयः परे
jñaikadeśo vikāro vā tadābhāsāśrayaḥ pare
The line
A compound: jñaika (ज्ञैक), and a place, a transformation or, tadābhāsāśraya (तदाभासाश्रय), in another, the higher.
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: jñaika-deśaḥ (ज्ञैक-देशः) + vikāraḥ (विकारः) + vā (वा) + tadābhāsāśrayaḥ (तदाभासाश्रयः) + pare (परे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jñaika-deśaḥ (ज्ञैक-देशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: jñaika (ज्ञैक), and a place. Read it from the end |
| vikāraḥ (विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a transformation |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tadābhāsāśrayaḥ (तदाभासाश्रयः) | nominative singular, masculine | tadābhāsāśraya (तदाभासाश्रय) |
| pare (परे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | another, the higher |
The phrases
jñaika-deśaḥ (ज्ञैक-देशः) is a compound: jñaika (ज्ञैक), and a place. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it jñaikadeśo (ज्ञैकदेशो). vikāraḥ (विकारः) is a transformation. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vikāro (विकारो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
tadābhāsāśrayaḥ (तदाभासाश्रयः) is tadābhāsāśraya (तदाभासाश्रय). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. pare (परे) is another, the higher. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
tadābhāsāśrayaḥ (तदाभासाश्रयः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it jñaikadeśo (ज्ञैकदेशो). The line writes it vikāro (विकारो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss jñaika-deśaḥ (ज्ञैक-देशः) and vikāraḥ (विकारः).