1.19
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.19
न चक्षुरनिन्द्रियाभ्याम्
na cakṣuranindriyābhyām
The line
Not by means of cakṣuranindriya (चक्षुरनिन्द्रिय).
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. vyañjana-syāva-grahaḥ (व्यञ्जन-स्याव-ग्रहः) from 1.18 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + cakṣuranindriyābhyām (चक्षुरनिन्द्रियाभ्याम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| cakṣuranindriyābhyām (चक्षुरनिन्द्रियाभ्याम्) | instrumental, dative, or ablative dual | cakṣuranindriya (चक्षुरनिन्द्रिय) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
cakṣuranindriyābhyām (चक्षुरनिन्द्रियाभ्याम्) is cakṣuranindriya (चक्षुरनिन्द्रिय). It stands as instrumental, dative, or ablative dual.
Sanskrit in this line
cakṣuranindriyābhyām (चक्षुरनिन्द्रियाभ्याम्) is instrumental, dative, or ablative dual. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss cakṣuranindriyābhyām (चक्षुरनिन्द्रियाभ्याम्).