18.77
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.77
सदेवासीति मिथ्योक्तिः श्रुतेरपि न युज्यते
sad evāsīti mithyoktiḥ śruter api na yujyate
The line
What is, in evāsīta (एवासीत), mithyokta (मिथ्योक्त), because of because of scripture, of scripture even, not fits.
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: sad (सद्) + evāsīti (एवासीति) + mithyoktiḥ (मिथ्योक्तिः) + śruteḥ (श्रुतेः) + api (अपि) + na (न) + yujyate (युज्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sad (सद्) | the stem, as the line writes it | what is |
| evāsīti (एवासीति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | evāsīta (एवासीत) |
| mithyoktiḥ (मिथ्योक्तिः) | nominative singular | mithyokta (मिथ्योक्त) |
| śruteḥ (श्रुतेः) | ablative or genitive singular | because of scripture, of scripture |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| yujyate (युज्यते) | present, third person singular | fits |
The phrases
sad (सद्) is what is. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. evāsīti (एवासीति) is evāsīta (एवासीत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. mithyoktiḥ (मिथ्योक्तिः) is mithyokta (मिथ्योक्त). It stands as nominative singular. śruteḥ (श्रुतेः) is because of scripture, of scripture. It stands as ablative or genitive singular. The line writes it śruter (श्रुतेर्).
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. yujyate (युज्यते) is fits. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
mithyoktiḥ (मिथ्योक्तिः) is nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it śruter (श्रुतेर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sad (सद्) and evāsīti (एवासीति).
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