5.29
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 5. Ajīva (अजीव) / 5.29
सद् द्रव्यलक्षणम्
sad dravyalakṣaṇam
The line
What is, a compound: a substance, and a mark.
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-saṃghātābhyāṃ (भेद-संघाताभ्यां) from 5.28 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: sad (सद्) + dravya-lakṣaṇam (द्रव्य-लक्षणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sad (सद्) | the stem, as the line writes it | what is |
| dravya-lakṣaṇam (द्रव्य-लक्षणम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: a substance, and a mark. Read it from the end |
The phrases
sad (सद्) is what is. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it.
dravya-lakṣaṇam (द्रव्य-लक्षणम्) is a compound: a substance, and a mark. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
dravya-lakṣaṇam (द्रव्य-लक्षणम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sad (सद्) and dravya-lakṣaṇam (द्रव्य-लक्षणम्).
Next
5.30. A compound: arising, vyaya (व्यय), dhra (ध्र), uvya (उव्य), and fit, right, what is.