18.85
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.85
मुखाभासवदित्येतदादर्शे तन् निराकृतम्
mukhābhāsavad ity etad ādarśe tan nirākṛtam
The line
mukhābhāsavad (मुखाभासवद्) thus, this, in ādarśa (आदर्श), that. tat before n, a compound: nirā (निरा), and made, done.
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: mukhābhāsavad (मुखाभासवद्) + ity (इत्य्) + etad (एतद्) + ādarśe (आदर्शे) + tan (तन्) + nirā-kṛtam (निरा-कृतम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mukhābhāsavad (मुखाभासवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ity (इत्य्) | indeclinable | thus. iti before a vowel |
| etad (एतद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | this |
| ādarśe (आदर्शे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | ādarśa (आदर्श) |
| tan (तन्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that. tat before n |
| nirā-kṛtam (निरा-कृतम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: nirā (निरा), and made, done. Read it from the end |
The phrases
mukhābhāsavad (मुखाभासवद्) 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. etad (एतद्) is this. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
ādarśe (आदर्शे) is ādarśa (आदर्श). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tan (तन्) is that. tat before n. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. nirā-kṛtam (निरा-कृतम्) is a compound: nirā (निरा), and made, done. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
mukhābhāsavad (मुखाभासवद्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mukhābhāsavad (मुखाभासवद्) and etad (एतद्).