कृष्णस्य विग्रहे भाति समासेनाखिलं पदम् ।
इतीव स्मारकं वक्ष्ये समासपदविग्रहम् ॥
सबहुव्रीहिद्विगुतामात्रे लुब्धोऽस्मि सद्वन्द्वः ।
तत् पुरुष कर्म धारय भक्तेर्येनाव्ययीभावः ॥
kṛṣṇasya vigrahe bhāti samāsenākhilaṁ padam |
itīva smārakaṁ vakṣye samāsa-pada-vigraham ||
sa-bahuvrīhi-dvigutā-mātre lubdho’smi sa-dvandvaḥ |
tat puruṣa karma dhāraya bhakter yenāvyayī-bhāvaḥ ||
(Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: Samāsa-prakaraṇa, 1–2)
“I will now describe the compounding (samāsa) and isolation (vigraha) of words (padas) [i.e., the rules of grammar regarding the formation of compounds and the isolation of the words in compounds], which are like reminders that all things (padas) exist in aggregation (samāsa) in the figure (vigraha) of Kṛṣṇa. I am greedy and quarrelsome (sa-dvandva) just to have a lot of rice (sa-bahu-vrīhi) and two cows (dvi-gu). Therefore (tat), O Puruṣa [i.e., O Kṛṣṇa], please cause [me] to perform (dhāraya) action (karma) by which a non-declining state (avyayī-bhāva) of bhakti [to you] shall come to be.”
Commentary
Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī begins his explanation of compounds (samāsas) in Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa with these verses wherein he uses with a double meaning the standard Sanskrit terms for a compound (samāsa), the isolation of words from a compound (vigraha), and the six primary types of compounds: bahuvrīhi, dvigu, dvandva, tat-puruṣa, karma-dhāraya, and avyayī-bhāva.