6.5
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 6. Āsrava (आस्रव) / 6.5
इन्द्रियकषायाव्रतक्रियाः पञ्चचतुःपञ्चपञ्चविंशतिसंख्याः पूर्वस्य भेदाः
indriyakaṣāyāvratakriyāḥ pañcacatuḥpañcapañcaviṃśatisaṃkhyāḥ pūrvasya bhedāḥ
The line
A compound: a sense, kaṣāyā (कषाया), a vow, and kriya (क्रिय), pañcacatuḥpañcapañcaviṃśatisaṃkhya (पञ्चचतुःपञ्चपञ्चविंशतिसंख्य), of the earlier, a difference.
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 6. Āsrava (आस्रव). The inflow of karma (कर्म). The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: indriya-kaṣāyā-vrata-kriyāḥ (इन्द्रिय-कषाया-व्रत-क्रियाः) + pañcacatuḥpañcapañcaviṃśatisaṃkhyāḥ (पञ्चचतुःपञ्चपञ्चविंशतिसंख्याः) + pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य) + bhedāḥ (भेदाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| indriya-kaṣāyā-vrata-kriyāḥ (इन्द्रिय-कषाया-व्रत-क्रियाः) | nominative plural | a compound: a sense, kaṣāyā (कषाया), a vow, and kriya (क्रिय). Read it from the end |
| pañcacatuḥpañcapañcaviṃśatisaṃkhyāḥ (पञ्चचतुःपञ्चपञ्चविंशतिसंख्याः) | nominative plural | pañcacatuḥpañcapañcaviṃśatisaṃkhya (पञ्चचतुःपञ्चपञ्चविंशतिसंख्य) |
| pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य) | genitive singular | the earlier |
| bhedāḥ (भेदाः) | nominative plural | a difference |
The phrases
indriya-kaṣāyā-vrata-kriyāḥ (इन्द्रिय-कषाया-व्रत-क्रियाः) is a compound: a sense, kaṣāyā (कषाया), a vow, and kriya (क्रिय). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural. pañcacatuḥpañcapañcaviṃśatisaṃkhyāḥ (पञ्चचतुःपञ्चपञ्चविंशतिसंख्याः) is pañcacatuḥpañcapañcaviṃśatisaṃkhya (पञ्चचतुःपञ्चपञ्चविंशतिसंख्य). It stands as nominative plural.
pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य) is the earlier. It stands as genitive singular. bhedāḥ (भेदाः) is a difference. It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
pañcacatuḥpañcapañcaviṃśatisaṃkhyāḥ (पञ्चचतुःपञ्चपञ्चविंशतिसंख्याः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss indriya-kaṣāyā-vrata-kriyāḥ (इन्द्रिय-कषाया-व्रत-क्रियाः) and pañcacatuḥpañcapañcaviṃśatisaṃkhyāḥ (पञ्चचतुःपञ्चपञ्चविंशतिसंख्याः).