18.89
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.89
न च धीर् दृशिरस्मीति यद्याभासो न चेतसि
na ca dhīr dṛśir asmīti yady ābhāso na cetasi
The line
Not and, dhīr (धीर्), seeing, I am thus, if. yadi before a vowel, a seeming, not in cetasa (चेतस).
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: na (न) + ca (च) + dhīr (धीर्) + dṛśiḥ (दृशिः) + asmi (अस्मि) + iti (इति) + yady (यद्य्) + ābhāsaḥ (आभासः) + na (न) + cetasi (चेतसि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| dhīr (धीर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| dṛśiḥ (दृशिः) | nominative singular | seeing |
| asmi (अस्मि) | present, third person singular | I am |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| yady (यद्य्) | indeclinable | if. yadi before a vowel |
| ābhāsaḥ (आभासः) | nominative singular, masculine | a seeming |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| cetasi (चेतसि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | cetasa (चेतस) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. dhīr (धीर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. dṛśiḥ (दृशिः) is seeing. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it dṛśir (दृशिर्). asmi (अस्मि) is I am. It stands as present, third person singular.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as asmīti (अस्मीति). yady (यद्य्) is if. yadi before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. ābhāsaḥ (आभासः) is a seeming. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it ābhāso (आभासो). na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. cetasi (चेतसि) is cetasa (चेतस). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ābhāsaḥ (आभासः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it dṛśir (दृशिर्). The line joins them as asmīti (अस्मीति). The line writes it ābhāso (आभासो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dhīr (धीर्) and dṛśiḥ (दृशिः).