5.38
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 5. Ajīva (अजीव) / 5.38
गुणपर्ययवद् द्रव्यम्
guṇaparyayavad dravyam
The line
A compound: a quality, parya (पर्य), and yavada (यवद), a substance.
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. bandhe (बन्धे) from 5.37 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: guṇa-parya-yavada (गुण-पर्य-यवद) + dravyam (द्रव्यम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇa-parya-yavada (गुण-पर्य-यवद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a quality, parya (पर्य), and yavada (यवद). Read it from the end |
| dravyam (द्रव्यम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a substance |
The phrases
guṇa-parya-yavada (गुण-पर्य-यवद) is a compound: a quality, parya (पर्य), and yavada (यवद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
dravyam (द्रव्यम्) is a substance. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
guṇa-parya-yavada (गुण-पर्य-यवद) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇa-parya-yavada (गुण-पर्य-यवद) and dravyam (द्रव्यम्).