18.47
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.47
सुखी दुःखी च संसारी नित्य एवेति केचन
sukhī duḥkhī ca saṃsārī nitya eveti kecana
The line
Pleasure, pain and, the round, eternal just thus, who, at all, with a question word.
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: sukhī (सुखी) + duḥkhī (दुःखी) + ca (च) + saṃsārī (संसारी) + nitya (नित्य) + eva (एव) + iti (इति) + ke (के) + cana (चन)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sukhī (सुखी) | nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine | pleasure |
| duḥkhī (दुःखी) | nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine | pain |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| saṃsārī (संसारी) | nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine | the round |
| nitya (नित्य) | the stem, as the line writes it | eternal |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| ke (के) | nominative plural | who |
| cana (चन) | indeclinable | at all, with a question word |
The phrases
sukhī (सुखी) is pleasure. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine. duḥkhī (दुःखी) is pain. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. saṃsārī (संसारी) is the round. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine. nitya (नित्य) is eternal. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it.
eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as eveti. ke (के) is who. It stands as nominative plural. cana (चन) is at all, with a question word. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as kecana.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃsārī (संसारी) is nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as eveti. The line joins them as kecana.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sukhī (सुखी) and duḥkhī (दुःखी).