5.27
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 5. Ajīva (अजीव) / 5.27
भेदादणुः
bhedād aṇuḥ
The line
Because of a difference, an atom.
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. bheda-saṃghā-tebhya (भेद-संघा-तेभ्य) from 5.26 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: bhedāt (भेदात्) + aṇuḥ (अणुः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhedāt (भेदात्) | ablative singular | a difference |
| aṇuḥ (अणुः) | nominative singular | an atom |
The phrases
bhedāt (भेदात्) is a difference. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it bhedād (भेदाद्).
aṇuḥ (अणुः) is an atom. It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bhedāt (भेदात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it bhedād (भेदाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhedāt (भेदात्) and aṇuḥ (अणुः).
Next
5.28. By means of a compound: a difference, and saṃghāta (संघात), cākṣuṣa (चाक्षुष).