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13
अन्यदेवाहुः सम्भवादन्यदाहुरसम्भवात् ।
इति शुश्रुम धीराणां ये नस् तद् विचचक्षिरे anyad evāhuḥ sambhavād anyad āhur asambhavāt |
iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṃ ye nas tad vicacakṣire
The line
One thing, they say, from becoming. Another, they say, from non-becoming. Thus we heard from the wise who laid that out for us.
नेपालीमा
एक कुरा भवबाट हुन्छ भनी उनीहरू भन्छन्, अर्को अभवबाट हुन्छ भनी उनीहरू भन्छन्। यसरी त्यो हाम्रा लागि खोलिदिने ज्ञानीहरूबाट हामीले सुन्यौं।
Where it sits
Mantra 10 distinguished results by the means, knowing and unknowing. This mantra distinguishes results by becoming and not becoming. Mantra 14 will join them, as mantra 11 joined the pair before.
Split: anyat (अन्यत्) + eva (एव) + āhuḥ (आहुः) + sambhavāt (सम्भवात्) + anyat (अन्यत्) + āhuḥ (आहुः) + asambhavāt (असम्भवात्) + iti (इति) + śuśruma (शुश्रुम) + dhīrāṇām (धीराणाम्) + ye (ये) + naḥ (नः) + tat (तत्) + vicacakṣire (विचचक्षिरे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anyat eva āhuḥ (अन्यतेव आहुः) | the frame of mantra 10 | A different thing, they say. |
| sambhavāt (सम्भवात्) | ablative singular, masculine | From becoming. Heard sambhavād (सम्भवाद्) before anyat (अन्यत्). |
| asambhavāt (असम्भवात्) | ablative singular, masculine | From non-becoming. |
| iti śuśruma (इति शुश्रुम) | the closing of mantra 10 | Thus we have heard, from the wise who explained it to us. |
The phrases
The frame is mantra 10. The two ablatives replace the two instrumentals.
One result from becoming. Another from non-becoming.
Sanskrit in this line
Sambhavāt (सम्भवात्) before anyat (अन्यत्) is sambhavād (सम्भवाद्). A final t (त्) before a vowel is heard as d (द्).
The rest of the sandhi is mantra 10.
Say it back
Say the two ablatives, and whose frame this sentence is borrowing.