1.16
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.16
बहुबहुविभक्षिप्रनिश्रितसन्दिग्धध्रुवाणां सेतराणाम्
bahubahuvibhakṣipraniśritasandigdhadhruvāṇāṃ setarāṇām
The line
Of a compound: many, many, vibha (विभ), kṣipra (क्षिप्र), niśri (निश्रि), tasa (तस), ndigdha (न्दिग्ध), and steady, of setara (सेतर).
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 1. The path, the seven tattvas (तत्त्व), and the means of knowing. The kinds of sense-grasping in 1.16 are the Śvetāmbara (श्वेताम्बर) list: many, of many sorts, swift, without a mark, aniśrita (अनिश्रित), undoubted, asaṃdigdha (असंदिग्ध), and steady, with their opposites. The Digambara (दिगम्बर) reading lists many, of many sorts, swift, unexpressed, unspoken, and steady. The line that avadhi (अवधि) is twofold, 1.21, and the last line, 1.35, are the Śvetāmbara (श्वेताम्बर) reading. The Sarvārthasiddhi (सर्वार्थसिद्धि) does not carry them as its own sūtras (सूत्र). The line is short. avagraha-īhā-apāya-dhāraṇāḥ (अवग्रह-ईहा-अपाय-धारणाः) from 1.15 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: bahu-bahu-vibha-kṣipra-niśri-tasa-ndigdha-dhruvāṇāṃ (बहु-बहु-विभ-क्षिप्र-निश्रि-तस-न्दिग्ध-ध्रुवाणां) + setarāṇām (सेतराणाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bahu-bahu-vibha-kṣipra-niśri-tasa-ndigdha-dhruvāṇāṃ (बहु-बहु-विभ-क्षिप्र-निश्रि-तस-न्दिग्ध-ध्रुवाणां) | genitive plural | a compound: many, many, vibha (विभ), kṣipra (क्षिप्र), niśri (निश्रि), tasa (तस), ndigdha (न्दिग्ध), and steady. Read it from the end |
| setarāṇām (सेतराणाम्) | genitive plural | setara (सेतर) |
The phrases
bahu-bahu-vibha-kṣipra-niśri-tasa-ndigdha-dhruvāṇāṃ (बहु-बहु-विभ-क्षिप्र-निश्रि-तस-न्दिग्ध-ध्रुवाणां) is a compound: many, many, vibha (विभ), kṣipra (क्षिप्र), niśri (निश्रि), tasa (तस), ndigdha (न्दिग्ध), and steady. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural.
setarāṇām (सेतराणाम्) is setara (सेतर). It stands as genitive plural.
Sanskrit in this line
bahu-bahu-vibha-kṣipra-niśri-tasa-ndigdha-dhruvāṇāṃ (बहु-बहु-विभ-क्षिप्र-निश्रि-तस-न्दिग्ध-ध्रुवाणां) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bahu-bahu-vibha-kṣipra-niśri-tasa-ndigdha-dhruvāṇāṃ (बहु-बहु-विभ-क्षिप्र-निश्रि-तस-न्दिग्ध-ध्रुवाणां) and setarāṇām (सेतराणाम्).