3.14
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.14
पद्ममहापद्मतिगिञ्छकेसरिमहापुण्डरीकपुण्डरीका ह्रदास् तेषामुपरि
padmamahāpadmatigiñchakesarimahāpuṇḍarīkapuṇḍarīkā hradās teṣām upari
The line
padmamahāpadmatigiñchakesarimahāpuṇḍarīkapuṇḍarīka (पद्ममहापद्मतिगिञ्छकेसरिमहापुण्डरीकपुण्डरीक), hradās (ह्रदास्), of of them, in upara (उपर).
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. The lower world and the middle world. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: padmamahāpadmatigiñchakesarimahāpuṇḍarīkapuṇḍarīkā (पद्ममहापद्मतिगिञ्छकेसरिमहापुण्डरीकपुण्डरीका) + hradās (ह्रदास्) + teṣām (तेषाम्) + upari (उपरि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| padmamahāpadmatigiñchakesarimahāpuṇḍarīkapuṇḍarīkā (पद्ममहापद्मतिगिञ्छकेसरिमहापुण्डरीकपुण्डरीका) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | padmamahāpadmatigiñchakesarimahāpuṇḍarīkapuṇḍarīka (पद्ममहापद्मतिगिञ्छकेसरिमहापुण्डरीकपुण्डरीक) |
| hradās (ह्रदास्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| teṣām (तेषाम्) | genitive plural | of them |
| upari (उपरि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | upara (उपर) |
The phrases
padmamahāpadmatigiñchakesarimahāpuṇḍarīkapuṇḍarīkā (पद्ममहापद्मतिगिञ्छकेसरिमहापुण्डरीकपुण्डरीका) is padmamahāpadmatigiñchakesarimahāpuṇḍarīkapuṇḍarīka (पद्ममहापद्मतिगिञ्छकेसरिमहापुण्डरीकपुण्डरीक). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. hradās (ह्रदास्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
teṣām (तेषाम्) is of them. It stands as genitive plural. upari (उपरि) is upara (उपर). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
padmamahāpadmatigiñchakesarimahāpuṇḍarīkapuṇḍarīkā (पद्ममहापद्मतिगिञ्छकेसरिमहापुण्डरीकपुण्डरीका) is nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss padmamahāpadmatigiñchakesarimahāpuṇḍarīkapuṇḍarīkā (पद्ममहापद्मतिगिञ्छकेसरिमहापुण्डरीकपुण्डरीका) and hradās (ह्रदास्).