3.25
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.25
तद्द्विगुणद्विगुणविस्तारा वर्षधरवर्षा विदेहान्ताः
taddviguṇadviguṇavistārā varṣadharavarṣā videhāntāḥ
The line
A compound: taddvi (तद्द्वि), a quality, dvigu (द्विगु), ṇavi (णवि), and stāra (स्तार), varṣadharavarṣa (वर्षधरवर्ष), videhānta (विदेहान्त).
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: taddvi-guṇa-dvigu-ṇavi-stārā (तद्द्वि-गुण-द्विगु-णवि-स्तारा) + varṣadharavarṣā (वर्षधरवर्षा) + videhāntāḥ (विदेहान्ताः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| taddvi-guṇa-dvigu-ṇavi-stārā (तद्द्वि-गुण-द्विगु-णवि-स्तारा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: taddvi (तद्द्वि), a quality, dvigu (द्विगु), ṇavi (णवि), and stāra (स्तार). Read it from the end |
| varṣadharavarṣā (वर्षधरवर्षा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | varṣadharavarṣa (वर्षधरवर्ष) |
| videhāntāḥ (विदेहान्ताः) | nominative plural | videhānta (विदेहान्त) |
The phrases
taddvi-guṇa-dvigu-ṇavi-stārā (तद्द्वि-गुण-द्विगु-णवि-स्तारा) is a compound: taddvi (तद्द्वि), a quality, dvigu (द्विगु), ṇavi (णवि), and stāra (स्तार). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. varṣadharavarṣā (वर्षधरवर्षा) is varṣadharavarṣa (वर्षधरवर्ष). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
videhāntāḥ (विदेहान्ताः) is videhānta (विदेहान्त). It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
taddvi-guṇa-dvigu-ṇavi-stārā (तद्द्वि-गुण-द्विगु-णवि-स्तारा) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss taddvi-guṇa-dvigu-ṇavi-stārā (तद्द्वि-गुण-द्विगु-णवि-स्तारा) and varṣadharavarṣā (वर्षधरवर्षा).
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3.26. The later, a compound: dakṣiṇa (दक्षिण), and like, equal.