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Sanyasa Upanishad: Verse 2.3

संन्यासं पातयेद्यस्तु पतितं न्यासयेत्तु यः । संन्यासविघ्नकर्ता च त्रीनेतान्पतितान्विदुः ॥३॥

संन्यासम् । पातयेत् । यः । तु । पतितम् । न्यासयेत् । तु । यः । संन्यास-विघ्न-कर्ता । च । त्रीन् । एतान् । पतितान् । विदुः ॥३॥

Recitation with translationSanyasa Upanishad 2.3

saṃnyāsaṃ pātayed yas tu patitaṃ nyāsayet tu yaḥ | saṃnyāsa-vighna-kartā ca trīn etān patitān viduḥ ||3||

जो दूसरे के संन्यास को तोड़ देता है, जो गिरा हुआ संन्यासी वापस संन्यास में लाता है, और जो संन्यास में रास्ते डालता है, इन तीनों को गिरा हुआ कहते हैं।

But he who causes (another’s) renunciation to fall away, and he who causes a fallen (renunciate) to be re-established (in renunciation), and the one who creates obstacles to renunciation—these three are known as ‘fallen’ (patita).

saṃnyāsamrenunciation (saṃnyāsa)
saṃnyāsam:
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃnyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन
pātayetshould cause to fall / should depose
pātayet:
TypeVerb
Rootpat (धातु) + णिच्
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थे); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
TypePronoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन
tubut / indeed
tu:
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formनिपात
patitama fallen (person)
patitam:
TypeAdjective
Rootpatita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; पत् + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन
nyāsayetshould make (him) take up renunciation / should initiate
nyāsayet:
TypeVerb
Rootnyas (धातु) + णिच्
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थे); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन
tubut / indeed
tu:
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formनिपात
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
TypePronoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन
saṃnyāsa-vighna-kartāone who creates obstacles to renunciation
saṃnyāsa-vighna-kartā:
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃnyāsa (प्रा.) + vighna (प्रा.) + kartṛ (कृदन्त-प्रा.; कृ + तृच्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक निपात
trīnthree
trīn:
TypeAdjective
Roottri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन
etānthese
etān:
TypePronoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन
patitānfallen ones
patitān:
TypeNoun
Rootpatita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; पत् + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन
viduḥthey know / they declare
viduḥ:
TypeVerb
Rootvid (धातु)
Formलिट् (परिपूर्ण/परस्मैपद); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन
  • pātayed yas tu → pātayet + yaḥ + tu
  • nyāsayet tu yaḥ → nyāsayet + tu + yaḥ
  • trīn etān → trīn + etān (स्वर-संधि)
  • patitān viduḥ → patitān + viduḥ (संधि-रहित उच्चारण)
Saṃnyāsa (renunciation) as a soteriological discipline; adhikāra (fitness) and dharma-apacaya (spiritual decline)Mahavakya: Indirect: safeguards the conditions for mahāvākya-upadeśa by emphasizing proper saṃnyāsa and non-obstruction; no direct citation of a mahāvākya.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)

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