2.51
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 2. Jīva (जीव) / 2.51
न देवाः
na devāḥ
The line
Not a god.
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. arakasaṃmūrcchino (अरकसंमूर्च्छिनो) from 2.50 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) + devāḥ (देवाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| devāḥ (देवाः) | nominative plural | a god |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
devāḥ (देवाः) is a god. It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
devāḥ (देवाः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss devāḥ (देवाः).
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2.52. The rest, what remains over, a compound: three, and the Veda.