5.6
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 5. Ajīva (अजीव) / 5.6
आ आकाशादेकद्रव्याणि
ā ākāśād ekadravyāṇi
The line
ā (आ), because of space, a compound: one, and 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: ā (आ) + ākāśāt (आकाशात्) + eka-dravyāṇi (एक-द्रव्याणि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ā (आ) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ākāśāt (आकाशात्) | ablative singular | space |
| eka-dravyāṇi (एक-द्रव्याणि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | a compound: one, and a substance. Read it from the end |
The phrases
ā (आ) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ākāśāt (आकाशात्) is space. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it ākāśād (आकाशाद्).
eka-dravyāṇi (एक-द्रव्याणि) is a compound: one, and a substance. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
eka-dravyāṇi (एक-द्रव्याणि) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it ākāśād (आकाशाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ā (आ) and ākāśāt (आकाशात्).