3.30
कण्ठकूपे क्षुत्पिपासानिवृत्तिः
kaṇṭha-kūpe kṣut-pipāsā-nivṛttiḥ
The line
On the pit of the throat, hunger and thirst cease.
नेपालीमा
कण्ठको खाडलमा भोक र तिर्खा अन्त हुन्छन्।
Where it sits
A fruit that is a stopping rather than a knowing. The pattern can take either kind of nominative. Do not force every line to end in jñānam (ज्ञानम्).
Split: kaṇṭha (कण्ठ) + kūpe (कूपे) + kṣut (क्षुत्) + pipāsā (पिपासा) + nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kaṇṭha (कण्ठ) | stem | the throat. |
| kūpe (कूपे) | locative singular | in the pit. In the pit of the throat. |
| kṣut (क्षुत्) | stem | hunger. |
| pipāsā (पिपासा) | stem | thirst. |
| nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | cessation. They turn back, they stop. |
The phrases
On the pit of the throat, hunger and thirst cease. The fruit is not a knowledge this time. It is a nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः), a stopping. The nominative is feminine because nivṛtti (निवृत्ति) is feminine.
Sanskrit in this line
nivṛtti (निवृत्ति) is “turning back,” related to vṛtti (वृत्ति) with the prefix ni- (नि). Feminine nominative -iḥ (इः) or the long form you see as -ttiḥ (त्तिः). Here nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः). Two stems share that one nominative: hunger and thirst.
Say it back
Say what ceases. Two things, one verb-like noun.