2.28
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 2. Jīva (जीव) / 2.28
विग्रहवती च संसारिणः प्राक् चतुर्भ्यः
vigrahavatī ca saṃsāriṇaḥ prāk caturbhyaḥ
The line
A compound: a turn in the passage between births, and possessing and, saṃsāriṇa (संसारिण), before, a compound: four, and bhya (भ्य).
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Jīva (जीव). The soul, its states, and the kinds of beings. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: vigraha-vat-ī (विग्रह-वत्-ई) + ca (च) + saṃsāriṇaḥ (संसारिणः) + prāk (प्राक्) + catur-bhyaḥ (चतुर्-भ्यः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vigraha-vat-ī (विग्रह-वत्-ई) | nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine | a compound: a turn in the passage between births, and possessing. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| saṃsāriṇaḥ (संसारिणः) | nominative singular, masculine | saṃsāriṇa (संसारिण) |
| prāk (प्राक्) | indeclinable | before |
| catur-bhyaḥ (चतुर्-भ्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: four, and bhya (भ्य). Read it from the end |
The phrases
vigraha-vat-ī (विग्रह-वत्-ई) is a compound: a turn in the passage between births, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. saṃsāriṇaḥ (संसारिणः) is saṃsāriṇa (संसारिण). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
prāk (प्राक्) is before. It stands as indeclinable. catur-bhyaḥ (चतुर्-भ्यः) is a compound: four, and bhya (भ्य). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
vigraha-vat-ī (विग्रह-वत्-ई) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vigraha-vat-ī (विग्रह-वत्-ई) and saṃsāriṇaḥ (संसारिणः).