18.57
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.57
तेषां स्याच् छब्दवाच्यत्वं ज्ञेयत्वं चात्मनः सदा
teṣāṃ syāc chabdavācyatvaṃ jñeyatvaṃ cātmanaḥ sadā
The line
Of of them, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c, chabdavācyatva (छब्दवाच्यत्व), a compound: what is to be known, and the state of being that and, of of the self, from the self, always.
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: teṣāṃ (तेषां) + syāc (स्याच्) + chabdavācyatvaṃ (छब्दवाच्यत्वं) + jñeya-tvaṃ (ज्ञेय-त्वं) + ca (च) + ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) + sadā (सदा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| teṣāṃ (तेषां) | genitive plural | of them |
| syāc (स्याच्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c |
| chabdavācyatvaṃ (छब्दवाच्यत्वं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | chabdavācyatva (छब्दवाच्यत्व) |
| jñeya-tvaṃ (ज्ञेय-त्वं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: what is to be known, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) | genitive or ablative singular | of the self, from the self |
| sadā (सदा) | indeclinable | always |
The phrases
teṣāṃ (तेषां) is of them. It stands as genitive plural. syāc (स्याच्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c. It stands as optative, third person singular. chabdavācyatvaṃ (छब्दवाच्यत्वं) is chabdavācyatva (छब्दवाच्यत्व). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. jñeya-tvaṃ (ज्ञेय-त्वं) is a compound: what is to be known, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) is of the self, from the self. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line joins them as cātmanaḥ (चात्मनः). sadā (सदा) is always. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
chabdavācyatvaṃ (छब्दवाच्यत्वं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as cātmanaḥ (चात्मनः).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss teṣāṃ (तेषां) and syāc (स्याच्).