3.3

Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3

नारका नित्याशुभतरलेश्यापरिणामदेहवेदनाविक्रियाः

nārakā nityāśubhataraleśyāpariṇāmadehavedanāvikriyāḥ

The line

Not araka (अरक), a compound: nityā (नित्या), śubha (शुभ), tara (तर), leśyā (लेश्या), transformation, a body, the Veda, nāvi (नावि), and kriya (क्रिय).

Where it sits

In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. The lower world and the middle world. The line is short. tāsu (तासु) from 3.2 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) + arakā (अरका) + nityā-śubha-tara-leśyā-pariṇāma-deha-veda-nāvi-kriyāḥ (नित्या-शुभ-तर-लेश्या-परिणाम-देह-वेद-नावि-क्रियाः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
na (न)indeclinablenot
arakā (अरका)nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singulararaka (अरक)
nityā-śubha-tara-leśyā-pariṇāma-deha-veda-nāvi-kriyāḥ (नित्या-शुभ-तर-लेश्या-परिणाम-देह-वेद-नावि-क्रियाः)nominative plurala compound: nityā (नित्या), śubha (शुभ), tara (तर), leśyā (लेश्या), transformation, a body, the Veda, nāvi (नावि), and kriya (क्रिय). Read it from the end

The phrases

na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. arakā (अरका) is araka (अरक). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.

nityā-śubha-tara-leśyā-pariṇāma-deha-veda-nāvi-kriyāḥ (नित्या-शुभ-तर-लेश्या-परिणाम-देह-वेद-नावि-क्रियाः) is a compound: nityā (नित्या), śubha (शुभ), tara (तर), leśyā (लेश्या), transformation, a body, the Veda, nāvi (नावि), and kriya (क्रिय). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural.

Sanskrit in this line

nityā-śubha-tara-leśyā-pariṇāma-deha-veda-nāvi-kriyāḥ (नित्या-शुभ-तर-लेश्या-परिणाम-देह-वेद-नावि-क्रियाः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss arakā (अरका) and nityā-śubha-tara-leśyā-pariṇāma-deha-veda-nāvi-kriyāḥ (नित्या-शुभ-तर-लेश्या-परिणाम-देह-वेद-नावि-क्रियाः).

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