2.13
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 2. Jīva (जीव) / 2.13
पृथिव्यप्तेजोवायुवनस्पतयः स्थावराः
pṛthivyaptejovāyuvanaspatayaḥ sthāvarāḥ
The line
A compound: earth, aptejo (अप्तेजो), air, a forest, and spataya (स्पतय), a stationary being.
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Jīva (जीव). The soul, its states, and the kinds of beings. The line is short. saṃsāriṇas (संसारिण) from 2.12 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: pṛthivī-aptejo-vāyu-vana-spatayaḥ (पृथिवी-अप्तेजो-वायु-वन-स्पतयः) + sthāvarāḥ (स्थावराः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pṛthivī-aptejo-vāyu-vana-spatayaḥ (पृथिवी-अप्तेजो-वायु-वन-स्पतयः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: earth, aptejo (अप्तेजो), air, a forest, and spataya (स्पतय). Read it from the end |
| sthāvarāḥ (स्थावराः) | nominative plural | a stationary being |
The phrases
pṛthivī-aptejo-vāyu-vana-spatayaḥ (पृथिवी-अप्तेजो-वायु-वन-स्पतयः) is a compound: earth, aptejo (अप्तेजो), air, a forest, and spataya (स्पतय). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
sthāvarāḥ (स्थावराः) is a stationary being. It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
pṛthivī-aptejo-vāyu-vana-spatayaḥ (पृथिवी-अप्तेजो-वायु-वन-स्पतयः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pṛthivī-aptejo-vāyu-vana-spatayaḥ (पृथिवी-अप्तेजो-वायु-वन-स्पतयः) and sthāvarāḥ (स्थावराः).