1.36
विशोका वा ज्योतिष्मती
viśokā vā jyotiṣmatī
The line
Or one that is free of sorrow and full of light.
नेपालीमा
अथवा शोकबाट मुक्त र प्रकाशले भरिएको वृत्ति पनि हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति) again. The book will not repeat pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) while the adjectives still match it. 1.37 will change the noun.
Split: viśokā (विशोका) + vā (वा) + jyotiṣmatī (ज्योतिष्मती)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| viśokā (विशोका) | nominative singular, feminine | free of sorrow. vi- (वि) “apart from,” śoka (शोक) “sorrow.” |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| jyotiṣmatī (ज्योतिष्मती) | nominative singular, feminine | full of light. Possessing radiance. |
The phrases
The noun is not in the line. pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) from 1.35 is still in force, and both words are feminine to agree with it. Or an activity that is free of sorrow, or one that is full of light. Traditional reading takes them as two further kinds, or as one activity described twice. The grammar allows both. The line is naming a support that is bright and not painful.
Sanskrit in this line
The fact is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति) of a gendered noun. viśokā (विशोका) and jyotiṣmatī (ज्योतिष्मती) are feminine, so the thing they describe is the feminine pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) of the previous line, not a new masculine subject you have to invent.
Say it back
Say the two adjectives, then the noun they still belong to, from memory: pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः).