7.1
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1
हिंसानृतस्तेयाब्रह्मपरिग्रहेभ्यो विरतिर् व्रतम्
hiṃsānṛtasteyābrahmaparigrahebhyo viratir vratam
The line
For a compound: harm, false speech, steyā (स्तेया), brahma (ब्रह्म), and possession, viratir (विरतिर्), a vow.
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. The vows. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: hiṃsā-anṛta-steyā-brahma-parigrahebhyaḥ (हिंसा-अनृत-स्तेया-ब्रह्म-परिग्रहेभ्यः) + viratir (विरतिर्) + vratam (व्रतम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| hiṃsā-anṛta-steyā-brahma-parigrahebhyaḥ (हिंसा-अनृत-स्तेया-ब्रह्म-परिग्रहेभ्यः) | dative or ablative plural | a compound: harm, false speech, steyā (स्तेया), brahma (ब्रह्म), and possession. Read it from the end |
| viratir (विरतिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vratam (व्रतम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a vow |
The phrases
hiṃsā-anṛta-steyā-brahma-parigrahebhyaḥ (हिंसा-अनृत-स्तेया-ब्रह्म-परिग्रहेभ्यः) is a compound: harm, false speech, steyā (स्तेया), brahma (ब्रह्म), and possession. Read it from the end. It stands as dative or ablative plural. The line writes it hiṃsānṛtasteyābrahmaparigrahebhyo (हिंसानृतस्तेयाब्रह्मपरिग्रहेभ्यो). viratir (विरतिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
vratam (व्रतम्) is a vow. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
hiṃsā-anṛta-steyā-brahma-parigrahebhyaḥ (हिंसा-अनृत-स्तेया-ब्रह्म-परिग्रहेभ्यः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it hiṃsānṛtasteyābrahmaparigrahebhyo (हिंसानृतस्तेयाब्रह्मपरिग्रहेभ्यो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss hiṃsā-anṛta-steyā-brahma-parigrahebhyaḥ (हिंसा-अनृत-स्तेया-ब्रह्म-परिग्रहेभ्यः) and viratir (विरतिर्).
Next
7.2. A compound: a place, and sarvata (सर्वत), aṇumahata (अणुमहत).