कुलार्णव-तन्त्रम्
kulārṇava-tantram
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chapter-1, verse-14
चतुरशीतिलक्षेषु शरीरेषु शरीरिणाम् ।
न मानुष्यं विना यत्र तत्त्वज्ञानं तु लभ्यते ॥१४॥
न मानुष्यं विना यत्र तत्त्वज्ञानं तु लभ्यते ॥१४॥
14. caturaśītilakṣeṣu śarīreṣu śarīriṇām ,
na mānuṣyaṁ vinā yatra tattvajñānaṁ tu labhyate.
na mānuṣyaṁ vinā yatra tattvajñānaṁ tu labhyate.
14.
caturaśītilakṣeṣu śarīreṣu śarīriṇām | na
mānuṣyam vinā yatra tattvajñānam tu labhyate
mānuṣyam vinā yatra tattvajñānam tu labhyate
14.
śarīriṇām caturaśītilakṣeṣu śarīreṣu mānuṣyam vinā yatra tattvajñānam tu na labhyate.
14. Among the 8.4 million species of embodied beings, knowledge of reality (tattvagyāna) cannot be attained anywhere except in human birth.
Words meanings summery:
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- चतुरशीतिलक्षेषु (caturaśītilakṣeṣu) - in the 8.4 million (in eighty-four lakhs (8.4 million))
- शरीरेषु (śarīreṣu) - in species/bodies (in bodies, among species)
- शरीरिणाम् (śarīriṇām) - of embodied beings
- न (na) - not
- मानुष्यम् (mānuṣyam) - human birth (humanity, human birth)
- विना (vinā) - except (without, except)
- यत्र (yatra) - anywhere (where)
- तत्त्वज्ञानम् (tattvajñānam) - knowledge of reality (tattvagyāna) (knowledge of reality/truth)
- तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed)
- लभ्यते (labhyate) - can be attained (is obtained, is attained)
Words meanings and morphology
चतुरशीतिलक्षेषु (caturaśītilakṣeṣu) - in the 8.4 million (in eighty-four lakhs (8.4 million))
(adjective)
Locative, neuter, plural of caturaśītilakṣa
caturaśītilakṣa - eighty-four hundred-thousands (8,400,000)
Compound type : dvigu (caturaśīti+lakṣa)
- caturaśīti – eighty-four
noun (feminine) - lakṣa – lakh, one hundred thousand
noun (neuter)
शरीरेषु (śarīreṣu) - in species/bodies (in bodies, among species)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, plural of śarīra
śarīra - body
शरीरिणाम् (śarīriṇām) - of embodied beings
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of śarīrin
śarīrin - embodied soul, living creature
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
मानुष्यम् (mānuṣyam) - human birth (humanity, human birth)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of mānuṣya
mānuṣya - human state, human birth
विना (vinā) - except (without, except)
(indeclinable)
यत्र (yatra) - anywhere (where)
(indeclinable)
तत्त्वज्ञानम् (tattvajñānam) - knowledge of reality (tattvagyāna) (knowledge of reality/truth)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tattvajñāna
tattvajñāna - knowledge of essential reality
Compound type : tatpurusha (tattva+jñāna)
- tattva – truth, true principle, reality
noun (neuter) - jñāna – knowledge
noun (neuter)
Root: jñā (class 9)
तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed)
(indeclinable)
लभ्यते (labhyate) - can be attained (is obtained, is attained)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of labh
Root: labh (class 1)