18.39
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.39
अदृष्टस्य सतो दृष्टिः स्याद् राहोश् चन्द्रसूर्ययोः
adṛṣṭasya sato dṛṣṭiḥ syād rāhoś candrasūryayoḥ
The line
Of what is not seen, of of what is, a view, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, rāhoś (राहोश्), of candrasūrya (चन्द्रसूर्य).
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: adṛṣṭasya (अदृष्टस्य) + sataḥ (सतः) + dṛṣṭiḥ (दृष्टिः) + syād (स्याद्) + rāhoś (राहोश्) + candrasūryayoḥ (चन्द्रसूर्ययोः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| adṛṣṭasya (अदृष्टस्य) | genitive singular | what is not seen |
| sataḥ (सतः) | genitive or ablative singular, present participle | of what is |
| dṛṣṭiḥ (दृष्टिः) | nominative singular | a view |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| rāhoś (राहोश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| candrasūryayoḥ (चन्द्रसूर्ययोः) | genitive or locative dual | candrasūrya (चन्द्रसूर्य) |
The phrases
adṛṣṭasya (अदृष्टस्य) is what is not seen. It stands as genitive singular. sataḥ (सतः) is of what is. It stands as genitive or ablative singular, present participle. The line writes it sato. dṛṣṭiḥ (दृष्टिः) is a view. It stands as nominative singular.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. rāhoś (राहोश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. candrasūryayoḥ (चन्द्रसूर्ययोः) is candrasūrya (चन्द्रसूर्य). It stands as genitive or locative dual.
Sanskrit in this line
candrasūryayoḥ (चन्द्रसूर्ययोः) is genitive or locative dual. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it sato.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss adṛṣṭasya (अदृष्टस्य) and sataḥ (सतः).