tatra kāma-lekhaḥ—
sa lekhaḥ kāma-lekhaḥ syāt yaḥ sva-prema-prakāśakaḥ |
yuvatyā yūni yūnā ca yuvatyāṁ samprahīyate ||
nirakṣaraḥ sākṣaraś ca kāma-lekho dvidhā bhavet ||
The verse — decoded
L1definition
sa lekhaḥ kāma-lekhaḥ syāt yaḥ sva-prema-prakāśakaḥ |
sa lekhaḥthat letter — the thing now being definedवह पत्र
kāma-lekhaḥ syātcounts as a kāma-lekha, a love-letter syāt (optative) = 'is reckoned to be', the mark of a lakṣaṇaकाम-लेख (प्रेम-पत्र) कहलाता है
yaḥnamely the one that — relative yaḥ picking out which letter qualifiesजो
sva-prema-prakāśakaḥreveals the sender's own love the defining mark: prakāśaka, 'that which makes visible'अपने प्रेम को प्रकट करने वाला हो
yaḥ lekhaḥ — the letter that; sva-prema-prakāśakaḥ — reveals its writer's own love; saḥ lekhaḥ — that letter; kāma-lekhaḥ syāt — counts as a kāma-lekha.
sa lekhaḥ — वह पत्र; kāma-lekhaḥ syāt — काम-लेख कहलाता है; yaḥ — जो; sva-prema-prakāśakaḥ — अपने प्रेम को प्रकट करने वाला हो।
A letter that reveals the writer's own love is what we call a kāma-lekha, a love-letter. That revealing of one's love is the defining mark.
वह पत्र काम-लेख (प्रेम-पत्र) कहलाता है जो अपने प्रेम को प्रकट करता है।
kāma-lekha is the technical name for the love-letter as an aṅga of vipralambha — a message sent when the lovers are apart.
काम-लेख विप्रलम्भ (वियोग) का एक अंग है — यह उस प्रेम-पत्र का तकनीकी नाम है जो नायक-नायिका के अलग होने पर एक-दूसरे के पास भेजा जाता है।
L2definition
yuvatyā yūni yūnā ca yuvatyāṁ samprahīyate ||
yuvatyāsent by a young woman instrumental of the agent who dispatches itयुवती के द्वारा
yūnito a young man locative marking the recipient it goes toयुवक के पास
yūnā caand sent by a young man instrumental agent again; ca pairs the two directionsऔर युवक के द्वारा
yuvatyāṁto a young woman locative recipient, matching yūni aboveयुवती के पास
samprahīyateis dispatched passive of sam-pra-√hi, 'send forth'भेजा जाता है
yuvatyā — by a young woman; yūni samprahīyate — it is sent to a young man; yūnā ca — and by a young man; yuvatyāṁ [samprahīyate] — it is sent to a young woman.
yuvatyā — युवती के द्वारा; yūni — युवक के पास; yūnā ca — और युवक के द्वारा; yuvatyāṁ — युवती के पास; samprahīyate — भेजा जाता है।
It travels both ways. A young woman sends it to a young man, and a young man sends it to a young woman.
यह पत्र युवती के द्वारा युवक के पास, और युवक के द्वारा युवती के पास भेजा जाता है।
L3definition
nirakṣaraḥ sākṣaraś ca kāma-lekho dvidhā bhavet ||
nirakṣaraḥone carrying no written letters — sent by tokens and signsनिरक्षर (बिना अक्षर का)
sākṣaraś caand one carrying written letters — actually written out ca joins the two members of the divisionऔर साक्षर (अक्षर-सहित)
kāma-lekhaḥthe love-letter, taken as a classकाम-लेख
dvidhā bhavetturns out to be of two kinds dvidhā = 'in two ways', announcing the classificationदो प्रकार का होता है
kāma-lekhaḥ — the love-letter; dvidhā bhavet — is of two kinds; nirakṣaraḥ — one without written letters; sākṣaraḥ ca — and one with written letters.
nirakṣaraḥ — निरक्षर; sākṣaraś ca — और साक्षर; kāma-lekhaḥ — काम-लेख; dvidhā bhavet — दो प्रकार का होता है।
The love-letter comes in two kinds. The nirakṣara carries no written letters — the message goes by tokens, objects, or signs. The sākṣara is actually written out in words.
काम-लेख दो प्रकार का होता है — निरक्षर और साक्षर।
akṣara here means a written character or syllable. So nirakṣara conveys love without script, through arranged tokens or gestures, while sākṣara does it in writing.
यहाँ अक्षर का अर्थ लिखित वर्ण या अक्षर है। अतः निरक्षर काम-लेख बिना लिपि के — नियत संकेत-चिह्नों या इशारों द्वारा — प्रेम प्रकट करता है, जबकि साक्षर लिखकर।
Commentary — decoded
Jīva Gosvāmī + Viśvanātha Cakravartī
s1other
na vyākhyātam.
nanot —नहीं
vyākhyātamcommented upon here past passive participle, neuter: '[the verse was] left unexplained'व्याख्या की गई
na vyākhyātam — it was not commented upon.
na — नहीं; vyākhyātam — व्याख्या की गई।
Jīva and Viśvanātha pass this verse by without a gloss — they offer no comment on it here.
(इस श्लोक की) व्याख्या नहीं की गई।