10.2
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 10. Mokṣa (मोक्ष) / 10.2
बन्धहेत्वभावनिर्जराभ्यां कृत्स्नकर्मविप्रमोक्षो मोक्षः
bandhahetvabhāvanirjarābhyāṃ kṛtsnakarmavipramokṣo mokṣaḥ
The line
By means of a compound: bondage, a reason, absence, and nirjara (निर्जर), a compound: kṛtsna (कृत्स्न), action, vipra (विप्र), and release, release.
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Mokṣa (मोक्ष). Release. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: bandha-hetu-abhāva-nirjarābhyāṃ (बन्ध-हेतु-अभाव-निर्जराभ्यां) + kṛtsna-karma-vipra-mokṣaḥ (कृत्स्न-कर्म-विप्र-मोक्षः) + mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bandha-hetu-abhāva-nirjarābhyāṃ (बन्ध-हेतु-अभाव-निर्जराभ्यां) | instrumental, dative, or ablative dual | a compound: bondage, a reason, absence, and nirjara (निर्जर). Read it from the end |
| kṛtsna-karma-vipra-mokṣaḥ (कृत्स्न-कर्म-विप्र-मोक्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: kṛtsna (कृत्स्न), action, vipra (विप्र), and release. Read it from the end |
| mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | release |
The phrases
bandha-hetu-abhāva-nirjarābhyāṃ (बन्ध-हेतु-अभाव-निर्जराभ्यां) is a compound: bondage, a reason, absence, and nirjara (निर्जर). Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental, dative, or ablative dual. kṛtsna-karma-vipra-mokṣaḥ (कृत्स्न-कर्म-विप्र-मोक्षः) is a compound: kṛtsna (कृत्स्न), action, vipra (विप्र), and release. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it kṛtsnakarmavipramokṣo (कृत्स्नकर्मविप्रमोक्षो).
mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) is release. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
bandha-hetu-abhāva-nirjarābhyāṃ (बन्ध-हेतु-अभाव-निर्जराभ्यां) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kṛtsnakarmavipramokṣo (कृत्स्नकर्मविप्रमोक्षो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bandha-hetu-abhāva-nirjarābhyāṃ (बन्ध-हेतु-अभाव-निर्जराभ्यां) and kṛtsna-karma-vipra-mokṣaḥ (कृत्स्न-कर्म-विप्र-मोक्षः).