18.82

Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.82

पूर्वोक्ताः स्युस् त्रिधा दोषा ग्रहो वा स्यान् ममेति च

pūrvoktāḥ syus tridhā doṣā graho vā syān mameti ca

The line

A compound: the earlier, and what has been said, they would be, tridha (त्रिध), a fault, graha (ग्रह) or, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n, of of me thus and.

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: pūrva-uktāḥ (पूर्व-उक्ताः) + syuḥ (स्युः) + tridhā (त्रिधा) + doṣā (दोषा) + graho (ग्रहो) + vā (वा) + syān (स्यान्) + mama (मम) + iti (इति) + ca (च)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
pūrva-uktāḥ (पूर्व-उक्ताः)nominative plurala compound: the earlier, and what has been said. Read it from the end
syuḥ (स्युः)optative, third person pluralthey would be
tridhā (त्रिधा)nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singulartridha (त्रिध)
doṣā (दोषा)nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singulara fault
graho (ग्रहो)nominative singular, masculinegraha (ग्रह)
vā (वा)indeclinableor
syān (स्यान्)optative, third person singularit would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n
mama (मम)genitive singularof me
iti (इति)indeclinablethus. It closes a quote or a thought
ca (च)indeclinableand

The phrases

pūrva-uktāḥ (पूर्व-उक्ताः) is a compound: the earlier, and what has been said. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural. syuḥ (स्युः) is they would be. It stands as optative, third person plural. The line writes it syus. tridhā (त्रिधा) is tridha (त्रिध). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. doṣā (दोषा) is a fault. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. graho (ग्रहो) is graha (ग्रह). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.

vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. syān (स्यान्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n. It stands as optative, third person singular. mama (मम) is of me. It stands as genitive singular. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as mameti. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.

Sanskrit in this line

pūrva-uktāḥ (पूर्व-उक्ताः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it syus. The line joins it on as mameti.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss pūrva-uktāḥ (पूर्व-उक्ताः) and syuḥ (स्युः).

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18.83. A condition even, of of that, they would be, taptāyovisphuliṅgavat (तप्तायोविस्फुलिङ्गवत्).