The Upaniṣads / Kaṭha / 2.14 Aside from all that
2.14
अन्यत्र धर्मादन्यत्राधर्मादन्यत्रास्मात् कृताकृतात् ।
अन्यत्र भूताच् च भव्याच् च यत् तत् पश्यसि तद् वद anyatra dharmād anyatrādharmād anyatrāsmāt kṛtākṛtāt |
anyatra bhūtāc ca bhavyāc ca yat tat paśyasi tad vada
The line
Aside from dharma (धर्म), aside from adharma (अधर्म), aside from this done and not-done, aside from what has been and what will be: what you see, tell that.
नेपालीमा
धर्मबाट अलग, अधर्मबाट अलग, यो गरेको र नगरेकोबाट अलग, भएको र हुनेबाट अलग, तपाईंले जे देख्नुहुन्छ त्यो भन्नुहोस्।
Where it sits
This is the third boon, sharpened. Not the fire, not the law of the rite, not past and future. Yama (यम) answers with the syllable.
Split: anyatra (अन्यत्र) + dharmāt (धर्मात्) + adharmāt (अधर्मात्) + asmāt (अस्मात्) + kṛta-akṛtāt (कृत-अकृतात्) + bhūtāt (भूतात्) + ca (च) + bhavyāt (भव्यात्) + yat tat (यत् तत्) + paśyasi (पश्यसि) + tat (तत्) + vada (वद)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anyatra (अन्यत्र) | indeclinable | Aside, elsewhere. Said four times. |
| dharmāt (धर्मात्) | ablative | From dharma (धर्म). Heard dharmād (धर्माद्). |
| adharmāt (अधर्मात्) | ablative | From adharma (अधर्म). Heard adharmād (अधर्माद्), joined anyatrādharma (अन्यत्राधर्म). |
| asmāt (अस्मात्) | ablative | From this. Heard asmāt (अस्मात्). |
| kṛta-akṛtāt (कृत-अकृतात्) | ablative | From the done and the not-done. Heard kṛtākṛtāt (कृताकृतात्). |
| bhūtāt (भूतात्) | ablative | From what has been. Heard bhūtāc (भूताच्) before ca (च). |
| ca (च) | and | And. |
| bhavyāt (भव्यात्) | ablative | From what will be. Heard bhavyāc (भव्याच्). |
| yat tat (यत् तत्) | what, that | The correlative. |
| paśyasi (पश्यसि) | present, second person | You see. |
| tat (तत्) | accusative | That. Heard tad (तद्). |
| vada (वद) | imperative | Say. Tell. |
The phrases
The boy speaks. Four ablatives with anyatra (अन्यत्र), then an imperative: what you see, say that.
Sanskrit in this line
Each anyatra (अन्यत्र) takes an ablative. Dharmāt (धर्मात्) is dharmād (धर्माद्) before the vowel. Bhūtāt ca (भूतात् च) is bhūtāc ca (भूताच् च).
Say it back
List the things it is aside from.