कुलार्णव-तन्त्रम्
kulārṇava-tantram
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chapter-1, verse-16
सोपानभूतं मोक्षस्य मानुष्यं प्राप्य दुर्लभम् ।
यस्तारयति नात्मानं तस्मात् पापतरोऽत्र कः ॥१६॥
यस्तारयति नात्मानं तस्मात् पापतरोऽत्र कः ॥१६॥
16. sopānabhūtaṁ mokṣasya mānuṣyaṁ prāpya durlabham ,
yastārayati nātmānaṁ tasmāt pāpataro'tra kaḥ.
yastārayati nātmānaṁ tasmāt pāpataro'tra kaḥ.
16.
sopānabhūtam mokṣasya mānuṣyam prāpya durlabham |
yaḥ tārayati na ātmānam tasmāt pāpataraḥ atra kaḥ
yaḥ tārayati na ātmānam tasmāt pāpataraḥ atra kaḥ
16.
mokṣasya sopānabhūtam durlabham mānuṣyam prāpya yaḥ ātmānam na tārayati,
tasmāt pāpataraḥ atra kaḥ (asti)?
tasmāt pāpataraḥ atra kaḥ (asti)?
16. Having attained rare human birth, which serves as a stepping stone to liberation, who in this world is a greater sinner than he who does not deliver himself?
Words meanings summery:
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- सोपानभूतम् (sopānabhūtam) - serving as a stepping stone (serving as a stepping stone / stair)
- मोक्षस्य (mokṣasya) - to liberation (of liberation)
- मानुष्यम् (mānuṣyam) - human birth (human birth, human state)
- प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained
- दुर्लभम् (durlabham) - rare (difficult to obtain, rare)
- यः (yaḥ) - who (who, whoever)
- तारयति (tārayati) - delivers (causes to cross over, saves, delivers)
- न (na) - not
- आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - himself (himself, the self)
- तस्मात् (tasmāt) - than him (than him, than that)
- पापतरः (pāpataraḥ) - a greater sinner (more sinful, a greater sinner)
- अत्र (atra) - in this world (here, in this world)
- कः (kaḥ) - who?
Words meanings and morphology
सोपानभूतम् (sopānabhūtam) - serving as a stepping stone (serving as a stepping stone / stair)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of sopānabhūta
sopānabhūta - become a ladder/staircase
Compound type : karmadharaya (sopāna+bhūta)
- sopāna – stairs, ladder, stepping stone
noun (neuter) - bhūta – become, being
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Root: bhū (class 1)
मोक्षस्य (mokṣasya) - to liberation (of liberation)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of mokṣa
mokṣa - liberation
Root: muc (class 6)
मानुष्यम् (mānuṣyam) - human birth (human birth, human state)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of mānuṣya
mānuṣya - human birth
प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained
(indeclinable)
Absolutive
Prefix: pra
Root: āp (class 5)
दुर्लभम् (durlabham) - rare (difficult to obtain, rare)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of durlabha
durlabha - rare, hard to gain
Compound type : tatpurusha (dus+labha)
- dus – difficult, hard
indeclinable - labha – obtainable
adjective (neuter)
Root: labh (class 1)
यः (yaḥ) - who (who, whoever)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which
तारयति (tārayati) - delivers (causes to cross over, saves, delivers)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of tṝ
Causative
Root: tṝ (class 1)
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - himself (himself, the self)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - the self, oneself
तस्मात् (tasmāt) - than him (than him, than that)
(pronoun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he
पापतरः (pāpataraḥ) - a greater sinner (more sinful, a greater sinner)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pāpatara
pāpatara - more sinful
अत्र (atra) - in this world (here, in this world)
(indeclinable)
कः (kaḥ) - who?
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kim
kim - who, what