4.4

Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.4

इन्द्रसामानिकत्रायस्त्रिंशपारिषदात्मरक्षलोकपालानीक — प्रकीर्णकाभियोग्यकिल्बिषिकाश् चैकशः

indrasāmānikatrāyastriṃśapāriṣadātmarakṣalokapālānīka — prakīrṇakābhiyogyakilbiṣikāś caikaśaḥ

The line

A compound: indra (इन्द्र), sāmā (सामा), nika (निक), trāya (त्राय), stri (स्त्रि), ṃśapā (ंशपा), riṣa (रिष), dātma (दात्म), rakṣa (रक्ष), the world, pālā (पाला), and nīka (नीक), prakīrṇakābhiyogyakilbiṣikāś (प्रकीर्णकाभियोग्यकिल्बिषिकाश्), caikaśa (चैकश).

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: indra-sāmā-nika-trāya-stri-ṃśapā-riṣa-dātma-rakṣa-loka-pālā-nīka (इन्द्र-सामा-निक-त्राय-स्त्रि-ंशपा-रिष-दात्म-रक्ष-लोक-पाला-नीक) + prakīrṇakābhiyogyakilbiṣikāś (प्रकीर्णकाभियोग्यकिल्बिषिकाश्) + caikaśaḥ (चैकशः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
indra-sāmā-nika-trāya-stri-ṃśapā-riṣa-dātma-rakṣa-loka-pālā-nīka (इन्द्र-सामा-निक-त्राय-स्त्रि-ंशपा-रिष-दात्म-रक्ष-लोक-पाला-नीक)a compound, the ending is on the last membera compound: indra (इन्द्र), sāmā (सामा), nika (निक), trāya (त्राय), stri (स्त्रि), ṃśapā (ंशपा), riṣa (रिष), dātma (दात्म), rakṣa (रक्ष), the world, pālā (पाला), and nīka (नीक). Read it from the end
prakīrṇakābhiyogyakilbiṣikāś (प्रकीर्णकाभियोग्यकिल्बिषिकाश्)the form as the line writes itthis word, as the line writes it
caikaśaḥ (चैकशः)nominative singular, masculinecaikaśa (चैकश)

The phrases

indra-sāmā-nika-trāya-stri-ṃśapā-riṣa-dātma-rakṣa-loka-pālā-nīka (इन्द्र-सामा-निक-त्राय-स्त्रि-ंशपा-रिष-दात्म-रक्ष-लोक-पाला-नीक) is a compound: indra (इन्द्र), sāmā (सामा), nika (निक), trāya (त्राय), stri (स्त्रि), ṃśapā (ंशपा), riṣa (रिष), dātma (दात्म), rakṣa (रक्ष), the world, pālā (पाला), and nīka (नीक). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. prakīrṇakābhiyogyakilbiṣikāś (प्रकीर्णकाभियोग्यकिल्बिषिकाश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.

caikaśaḥ (चैकशः) is caikaśa (चैकश). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.

Sanskrit in this line

indra-sāmā-nika-trāya-stri-ṃśapā-riṣa-dātma-rakṣa-loka-pālā-nīka (इन्द्र-सामा-निक-त्राय-स्त्रि-ंशपा-रिष-दात्म-रक्ष-लोक-पाला-नीक) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss indra-sāmā-nika-trāya-stri-ṃśapā-riṣa-dātma-rakṣa-loka-pālā-nīka (इन्द्र-सामा-निक-त्राय-स्त्रि-ंशपा-रिष-दात्म-रक्ष-लोक-पाला-नीक) and prakīrṇakābhiyogyakilbiṣikāś (प्रकीर्णकाभियोग्यकिल्बिषिकाश्).

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4.5. A compound: trāya (त्राय), striṃśa (स्त्रिंश), the world, pāla (पाल), and varjya (वर्ज्य), vyantarajyotiṣka (व्यन्तरज्योतिष्क).