4.13
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.13
मेरुप्रदक्षिणा नित्यगतयो नृलोके
merupradakṣiṇā nityagatayo nṛloke
The line
A compound: merupra (मेरुप्र), and the gift to the priests, a compound: eternal, and gataya (गतय), in nṛloka (नृलोक).
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. The gods and the heavenly abodes. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: merupra-dakṣiṇā (मेरुप्र-दक्षिणा) + nitya-gatayaḥ (नित्य-गतयः) + nṛloke (नृलोके)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| merupra-dakṣiṇā (मेरुप्र-दक्षिणा) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: merupra (मेरुप्र), and the gift to the priests. Read it from the end |
| nitya-gatayaḥ (नित्य-गतयः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: eternal, and gataya (गतय). Read it from the end |
| nṛloke (नृलोके) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | nṛloka (नृलोक) |
The phrases
merupra-dakṣiṇā (मेरुप्र-दक्षिणा) is a compound: merupra (मेरुप्र), and the gift to the priests. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. nitya-gatayaḥ (नित्य-गतयः) is a compound: eternal, and gataya (गतय). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it nityagatayo.
nṛloke (नृलोके) is nṛloka (नृलोक). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
merupra-dakṣiṇā (मेरुप्र-दक्षिणा) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it nityagatayo.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss merupra-dakṣiṇā (मेरुप्र-दक्षिणा) and nitya-gatayaḥ (नित्य-गतयः).
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