18.56
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.56
नापि ज्ञायत इत्येवं कर्मशब्दैर् निरुच्यते
nāpi jñāyata ity evaṃ karmaśabdair nirucyate
The line
Not even, jñāyata (ज्ञायत) thus thus, by means of a word for an action, in nirucyata (निरुच्यत).
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) + api (अपि) + jñāyata (ज्ञायत) + ity (इत्य्) + evaṃ (एवं) + karmaśabdaiḥ (कर्मशब्दैः) + nirucyate (निरुच्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| jñāyata (ज्ञायत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ity (इत्य्) | indeclinable | thus. iti before a vowel |
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| karmaśabdaiḥ (कर्मशब्दैः) | instrumental plural | a word for an action |
| nirucyate (निरुच्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | nirucyata (निरुच्यत) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as nāpi (नापि). jñāyata (ज्ञायत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ity (इत्य्) is thus. iti before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable.
evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. karmaśabdaiḥ (कर्मशब्दैः) is a word for an action. It stands as instrumental plural. The line writes it karmaśabdair (कर्मशब्दैर्). nirucyate (निरुच्यते) is nirucyata (निरुच्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
karmaśabdaiḥ (कर्मशब्दैः) is instrumental plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as nāpi (नापि). The line writes it karmaśabdair (कर्मशब्दैर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss jñāyata (ज्ञायत) and karmaśabdaiḥ (कर्मशब्दैः).