4.28
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.28
स्थितिरसुरनागसुपर्णद्वीपशेषाणां सागरोपमत्रिपल्योप्मार्द्धहीनमिता
sthitir asuranāgasuparṇadvīpaśeṣāṇāṃ sāgaropamatripalyopmārddhahīnamitā
The line
Duration, of a compound: asura (असुर), nāga (नाग), supa (सुप), rṇadvīpa (र्णद्वीप), and the rest, what remains over, sāgaropamatripalyopmārddhahīnamita (सागरोपमत्रिपल्योप्मार्द्धहीनमित).
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. The gods and the heavenly abodes. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: sthitiḥ (स्थितिः) + asura-nāga-supa-rṇadvīpa-śeṣāṇāṃ (असुर-नाग-सुप-र्णद्वीप-शेषाणां) + sāgaropamatripalyopmārddhahīnamitā (सागरोपमत्रिपल्योप्मार्द्धहीनमिता)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sthitiḥ (स्थितिः) | nominative singular | duration |
| asura-nāga-supa-rṇadvīpa-śeṣāṇāṃ (असुर-नाग-सुप-र्णद्वीप-शेषाणां) | genitive plural | a compound: asura (असुर), nāga (नाग), supa (सुप), rṇadvīpa (र्णद्वीप), and the rest, what remains over. Read it from the end |
| sāgaropamatripalyopmārddhahīnamitā (सागरोपमत्रिपल्योप्मार्द्धहीनमिता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | sāgaropamatripalyopmārddhahīnamita (सागरोपमत्रिपल्योप्मार्द्धहीनमित) |
The phrases
sthitiḥ (स्थितिः) is duration. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it sthitir. asura-nāga-supa-rṇadvīpa-śeṣāṇāṃ (असुर-नाग-सुप-र्णद्वीप-शेषाणां) is a compound: asura (असुर), nāga (नाग), supa (सुप), rṇadvīpa (र्णद्वीप), and the rest, what remains over. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural.
sāgaropamatripalyopmārddhahīnamitā (सागरोपमत्रिपल्योप्मार्द्धहीनमिता) is sāgaropamatripalyopmārddhahīnamita (सागरोपमत्रिपल्योप्मार्द्धहीनमित). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sāgaropamatripalyopmārddhahīnamitā (सागरोपमत्रिपल्योप्मार्द्धहीनमिता) is nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it sthitir.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sthitiḥ (स्थितिः) and asura-nāga-supa-rṇadvīpa-śeṣāṇāṃ (असुर-नाग-सुप-र्णद्वीप-शेषाणां).