18.78
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.78
अस्मदस् तु विविच्यैव त्वमेवेति वदेद् यदि
asmadas tu vivicyaiva tvam eveti vaded yadi
The line
asmadas (अस्मद) but, vivicyaiva (विविच्यैव), you just thus, vaded (वदेद्), if.
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: asmadas (अस्मद) + tu (तु) + vivicyaiva (विविच्यैव) + tvam (त्वम्) + eva (एव) + iti (इति) + vaded (वदेद्) + yadi (यदि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| asmadas (अस्मद) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vivicyaiva (विविच्यैव) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tvam (त्वम्) | nominative singular | you |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| vaded (वदेद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if |
The phrases
asmadas (अस्मद) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. vivicyaiva (विविच्यैव) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tvam (त्वम्) is you. It stands as nominative singular.
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. vaded (वदेद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. yadi (यदि) is if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vivicyaiva (विविच्यैव) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as eveti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss asmadas (अस्मद) and vivicyaiva (विविच्यैव).