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Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.40
छायापक्षे त्ववस्तुत्वं तस्य स्यात् पूर्वयुक्तितः
chāyāpakṣe tv avastutvaṃ tasya syāt pūrvayuktitaḥ
The line
In a compound: chāyā (छाया), and a side, a thesis, the state of being that, avastutva (अवस्तुत्व), of of that, his, it would be, let it be granted, a compound: the earlier, and yuktita (युक्तित).
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: chāyā-pakṣe (छाया-पक्षे) + tva (त्व) + avastutvaṃ (अवस्तुत्वं) + tasya (तस्य) + syāt (स्यात्) + pūrva-yuktitaḥ (पूर्व-युक्तितः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| chāyā-pakṣe (छाया-पक्षे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: chāyā (छाया), and a side, a thesis. Read it from the end |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| avastutvaṃ (अवस्तुत्वं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | avastutva (अवस्तुत्व) |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of that, his |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| pūrva-yuktitaḥ (पूर्व-युक्तितः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: the earlier, and yuktita (युक्तित). Read it from the end |
The phrases
chāyā-pakṣe (छाया-पक्षे) is a compound: chāyā (छाया), and a side, a thesis. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. avastutvaṃ (अवस्तुत्वं) is avastutva (अवस्तुत्व). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
tasya (तस्य) is of that, his. It stands as genitive singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. pūrva-yuktitaḥ (पूर्व-युक्तितः) is a compound: the earlier, and yuktita (युक्तित). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
pūrva-yuktitaḥ (पूर्व-युक्तितः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss chāyā-pakṣe (छाया-पक्षे) and tva (त्व).