3.27
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.27
भरतैरावतयोर् वृद्धिह्रासौ षट्समयाभ्यामुत्सर्पिण्यवसर्पिणीभ्याम्
bharatairāvatayor vṛddhihrāsau ṣaṭsamayābhyām utsarpiṇyavasarpiṇībhyām
The line
bharatairāvatayor (भरतैरावतयोर्), vṛddhihrāsa (वृद्धिह्रास), by means of ṣaṭsamaya (षट्समय), of utsarpiṇyavasarpiṇībhya (उत्सर्पिण्यवसर्पिणीभ्य).
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: bharatairāvatayor (भरतैरावतयोर्) + vṛddhihrāsau (वृद्धिह्रासौ) + ṣaṭsamayābhyām (षट्समयाभ्याम्) + utsarpiṇyavasarpiṇībhyām (उत्सर्पिण्यवसर्पिणीभ्याम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bharatairāvatayor (भरतैरावतयोर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vṛddhihrāsau (वृद्धिह्रासौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | vṛddhihrāsa (वृद्धिह्रास) |
| ṣaṭsamayābhyām (षट्समयाभ्याम्) | instrumental, dative, or ablative dual | ṣaṭsamaya (षट्समय) |
| utsarpiṇyavasarpiṇībhyām (उत्सर्पिण्यवसर्पिणीभ्याम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | utsarpiṇyavasarpiṇībhya (उत्सर्पिण्यवसर्पिणीभ्य) |
The phrases
bharatairāvatayor (भरतैरावतयोर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vṛddhihrāsau (वृद्धिह्रासौ) is vṛddhihrāsa (वृद्धिह्रास). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular.
ṣaṭsamayābhyām (षट्समयाभ्याम्) is ṣaṭsamaya (षट्समय). It stands as instrumental, dative, or ablative dual. utsarpiṇyavasarpiṇībhyām (उत्सर्पिण्यवसर्पिणीभ्याम्) is utsarpiṇyavasarpiṇībhya (उत्सर्पिण्यवसर्पिणीभ्य). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine.
Sanskrit in this line
utsarpiṇyavasarpiṇībhyām (उत्सर्पिण्यवसर्पिणीभ्याम्) is genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bharatairāvatayor (भरतैरावतयोर्) and vṛddhihrāsau (वृद्धिह्रासौ).
Next
3.28. By means of by the two, for the two, apara (अपर), bhūmaya (भूमय), avasthita (अवस्थित).