3.20
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.20
गङ्गासिन्धुरोहिद्रोहितास्याहरिद्धरिकान्तासीतासीतोदानारीनरकान्तासुवर्णरूप्यकूलारक्तारक्तोदाः सरितस् तन्मध्यगाः
gaṅgāsindhurohidrohitāsyāhariddharikāntāsītāsītodānārīnarakāntāsuvarṇarūpyakūlāraktāraktodāḥ saritas tanmadhyagāḥ
The line
A compound: gaṅgā (गङ्गा), sindhu (सिन्धु), rohi (रोहि), drohi (द्रोहि), tāsyā (तास्या), hari (हरि), ddha (द्ध), rikā (रिका), ntāsī (न्तासी), tāsī (तासी), todā (तोदा), nārī (नारी), nara (नर), kāntāsu (कान्तासु), a sound, a class, rūpya (रूप्य), kūlā (कूला), raktā (रक्ता), and raktoda (रक्तोद), saritas (सरित), tanmadhyaga (तन्मध्यग).
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. The lower world and the middle world. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: gaṅgā-sindhu-rohi-drohi-tāsyā-hari-ddha-rikā-ntāsī-tāsī-todā-nārī-nara-kāntāsu-varṇa-rūpya-kūlā-raktā-raktodāḥ (गङ्गा-सिन्धु-रोहि-द्रोहि-तास्या-हरि-द्ध-रिका-न्तासी-तासी-तोदा-नारी-नर-कान्तासु-वर्ण-रूप्य-कूला-रक्ता-रक्तोदाः) + saritas (सरित) + tanmadhyagāḥ (तन्मध्यगाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| gaṅgā-sindhu-rohi-drohi-tāsyā-hari-ddha-rikā-ntāsī-tāsī-todā-nārī-nara-kāntāsu-varṇa-rūpya-kūlā-raktā-raktodāḥ (गङ्गा-सिन्धु-रोहि-द्रोहि-तास्या-हरि-द्ध-रिका-न्तासी-तासी-तोदा-नारी-नर-कान्तासु-वर्ण-रूप्य-कूला-रक्ता-रक्तोदाः) | nominative plural | a compound: gaṅgā (गङ्गा), sindhu (सिन्धु), rohi (रोहि), drohi (द्रोहि), tāsyā (तास्या), hari (हरि), ddha (द्ध), rikā (रिका), ntāsī (न्तासी), tāsī (तासी), todā (तोदा), nārī (नारी), nara (नर), kāntāsu (कान्तासु), a sound, a class, rūpya (रूप्य), kūlā (कूला), raktā (रक्ता), and raktoda (रक्तोद). Read it from the end |
| saritas (सरित) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tanmadhyagāḥ (तन्मध्यगाः) | nominative plural | tanmadhyaga (तन्मध्यग) |
The phrases
gaṅgā-sindhu-rohi-drohi-tāsyā-hari-ddha-rikā-ntāsī-tāsī-todā-nārī-nara-kāntāsu-varṇa-rūpya-kūlā-raktā-raktodāḥ (गङ्गा-सिन्धु-रोहि-द्रोहि-तास्या-हरि-द्ध-रिका-न्तासी-तासी-तोदा-नारी-नर-कान्तासु-वर्ण-रूप्य-कूला-रक्ता-रक्तोदाः) is a compound: gaṅgā (गङ्गा), sindhu (सिन्धु), rohi (रोहि), drohi (द्रोहि), tāsyā (तास्या), hari (हरि), ddha (द्ध), rikā (रिका), ntāsī (न्तासी), tāsī (तासी), todā (तोदा), nārī (नारी), nara (नर), kāntāsu (कान्तासु), a sound, a class, rūpya (रूप्य), kūlā (कूला), raktā (रक्ता), and raktoda (रक्तोद). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural. saritas (सरित) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
tanmadhyagāḥ (तन्मध्यगाः) is tanmadhyaga (तन्मध्यग). It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
gaṅgā-sindhu-rohi-drohi-tāsyā-hari-ddha-rikā-ntāsī-tāsī-todā-nārī-nara-kāntāsu-varṇa-rūpya-kūlā-raktā-raktodāḥ (गङ्गा-सिन्धु-रोहि-द्रोहि-तास्या-हरि-द्ध-रिका-न्तासी-तासी-तोदा-नारी-नर-कान्तासु-वर्ण-रूप्य-कूला-रक्ता-रक्तोदाः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss gaṅgā-sindhu-rohi-drohi-tāsyā-hari-ddha-rikā-ntāsī-tāsī-todā-nārī-nara-kāntāsu-varṇa-rūpya-kūlā-raktā-raktodāḥ (गङ्गा-सिन्धु-रोहि-द्रोहि-तास्या-हरि-द्ध-रिका-न्तासी-तासी-तोदा-नारी-नर-कान्तासु-वर्ण-रूप्य-कूला-रक्ता-रक्तोदाः) and saritas (सरित).
Next
3.21. Of two, of two, the earlier, a compound: the earlier, and gāḥa (गाःअ).