5.23
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 5. Ajīva (अजीव) / 5.23
स्पर्शरसगन्धवर्णवन्तः पुद्गलाः
sparśarasagandhavarṇavantaḥ pudgalāḥ
The line
A compound: touch, taste, smell, a sound, a class, and vanta (वन्त), matter.
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. vartanā-pariṇāma-kriyāḥ (वर्तना-परिणाम-क्रियाः) from 5.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: sparśa-rasa-gandha-varṇa-vantaḥ (स्पर्श-रस-गन्ध-वर्ण-वन्तः) + pudgalāḥ (पुद्गलाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sparśa-rasa-gandha-varṇa-vantaḥ (स्पर्श-रस-गन्ध-वर्ण-वन्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: touch, taste, smell, a sound, a class, and vanta (वन्त). Read it from the end |
| pudgalāḥ (पुद्गलाः) | nominative plural | matter |
The phrases
sparśa-rasa-gandha-varṇa-vantaḥ (स्पर्श-रस-गन्ध-वर्ण-वन्तः) is a compound: touch, taste, smell, a sound, a class, and vanta (वन्त). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
pudgalāḥ (पुद्गलाः) is matter. It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
sparśa-rasa-gandha-varṇa-vantaḥ (स्पर्श-रस-गन्ध-वर्ण-वन्तः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sparśa-rasa-gandha-varṇa-vantaḥ (स्पर्श-रस-गन्ध-वर्ण-वन्तः) and pudgalāḥ (पुद्गलाः).