5.16
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 5. Ajīva (अजीव) / 5.16
प्रदेशसंहारविसर्पाभ्यां प्रदीपवत्
pradeśasaṃhāravisarpābhyāṃ pradīpavat
The line
By means of a compound: a unit, saṃhā (संहा), ravi (रवि), and sarpa (सर्प), pradīpavat (प्रदीपवत्).
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 5. Ajīva (अजीव). What is not soul: the media of motion and rest, space, matter, and time. The line is short. asaṃkhyeyabhāgādiṣu (असंख्येयभागादिषु) from 5.15 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: pradeśa-saṃhā-ravi-sarpābhyāṃ (प्रदेश-संहा-रवि-सर्पाभ्यां) + pradīpavat (प्रदीपवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pradeśa-saṃhā-ravi-sarpābhyāṃ (प्रदेश-संहा-रवि-सर्पाभ्यां) | instrumental, dative, or ablative dual | a compound: a unit, saṃhā (संहा), ravi (रवि), and sarpa (सर्प). Read it from the end |
| pradīpavat (प्रदीपवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
pradeśa-saṃhā-ravi-sarpābhyāṃ (प्रदेश-संहा-रवि-सर्पाभ्यां) is a compound: a unit, saṃhā (संहा), ravi (रवि), and sarpa (सर्प). Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental, dative, or ablative dual.
pradīpavat (प्रदीपवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
pradeśa-saṃhā-ravi-sarpābhyāṃ (प्रदेश-संहा-रवि-सर्पाभ्यां) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pradeśa-saṃhā-ravi-sarpābhyāṃ (प्रदेश-संहा-रवि-सर्पाभ्यां) and pradīpavat (प्रदीपवत्).