18.55
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.55
न ह्यात्मा विक्रियामात्रो नित्य आत्मेतिशासनात्
na hy ātmā vikriyāmātro nitya ātmetiśāsanāt
The line
Not. The self, vikriyāmātra (विक्रियामात्र), eternal, because of ātmetiśāsana (आत्मेतिशासन).
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: na (न) + hy (ह्य्) + ātmā (आत्मा) + vikriyāmātro (विक्रियामात्रो) + nitya (नित्य) + ātmetiśāsanāt (आत्मेतिशासनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| hy (ह्य्) | indeclinable | for, indeed. hi before a vowel |
| ātmā (आत्मा) | nominative singular, masculine | the self |
| vikriyāmātro (विक्रियामात्रो) | nominative singular, masculine | vikriyāmātra (विक्रियामात्र) |
| nitya (नित्य) | the stem, as the line writes it | eternal |
| ātmetiśāsanāt (आत्मेतिशासनात्) | ablative singular | ātmetiśāsana (आत्मेतिशासन) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. hy (ह्य्) is for, indeed. hi before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. ātmā (आत्मा) is the self. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
vikriyāmātro (विक्रियामात्रो) is vikriyāmātra (विक्रियामात्र). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. nitya (नित्य) is eternal. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. ātmetiśāsanāt (आत्मेतिशासनात्) is ātmetiśāsana (आत्मेतिशासन). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ātmetiśāsanāt (आत्मेतिशासनात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss hy (ह्य्) and ātmā (आत्मा).