18.36
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.36
संसारिणां कथा त्वास्तां प्रकृतं त्वधुनोच्यते
saṃsāriṇāṃ kathā tv āstāṃ prakṛtaṃ tv adhunocyate
The line
Of saṃsāriṇa (संसारिण), katha (कथ), the state of being that, of āsta (आस्त), nature, what is seen, the state of being that, in adhunocyata (अधुनोच्यत).
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: saṃsāriṇāṃ (संसारिणां) + kathā (कथा) + tva (त्व) + āstāṃ (आस्तां) + prakṛtaṃ (प्रकृतं) + tva (त्व) + adhunocyate (अधुनोच्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃsāriṇāṃ (संसारिणां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | saṃsāriṇa (संसारिण) |
| kathā (कथा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | katha (कथ) |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| āstāṃ (आस्तां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | āsta (आस्त) |
| prakṛtaṃ (प्रकृतं) | accusative singular, feminine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | nature, what is seen |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| adhunocyate (अधुनोच्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | adhunocyata (अधुनोच्यत) |
The phrases
saṃsāriṇāṃ (संसारिणां) is saṃsāriṇa (संसारिण). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. kathā (कथा) is katha (कथ). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. āstāṃ (आस्तां) is āsta (आस्त). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine.
prakṛtaṃ (प्रकृतं) is nature, what is seen. It stands as accusative singular, feminine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. adhunocyate (अधुनोच्यते) is adhunocyata (अधुनोच्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
adhunocyate (अधुनोच्यते) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃsāriṇāṃ (संसारिणां) and kathā (कथा).