18.90
Upadeśasāhasrī / 18. Tattvamasi (तत्त्वमसि) / 18.90
युष्मदस्मद्विवेकज्ञे स्यादर्थवदिदं वचः
yuṣmadasmadvivekajñe syād arthavad idaṃ vacaḥ
The line
In yuṣmadasmadvivekajña (युष्मदस्मद्विवेकज्ञ), it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, a compound: a thing, a meaning, and vada (वद), this, a saying.
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: yuṣmadasmadvivekajñe (युष्मदस्मद्विवेकज्ञे) + syād (स्याद्) + artha-vada (अर्थ-वद) + idaṃ (इदं) + vacaḥ (वचः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yuṣmadasmadvivekajñe (युष्मदस्मद्विवेकज्ञे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | yuṣmadasmadvivekajña (युष्मदस्मद्विवेकज्ञ) |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| artha-vada (अर्थ-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| idaṃ (इदं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | this |
| vacaḥ (वचः) | the stem, as the line writes it | a saying |
The phrases
yuṣmadasmadvivekajñe (युष्मदस्मद्विवेकज्ञे) is yuṣmadasmadvivekajña (युष्मदस्मद्विवेकज्ञ). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. artha-vada (अर्थ-वद) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
idaṃ (इदं) is this. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vacaḥ (वचः) is a saying. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
yuṣmadasmadvivekajñe (युष्मदस्मद्विवेकज्ञे) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yuṣmadasmadvivekajñe (युष्मदस्मद्विवेकज्ञे) and syād (स्याद्).