7.13
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.13
प्रमत्तयोगात् प्राणव्यपरोपणं हिंसा
pramattayogāt prāṇavyaparopaṇaṃ hiṃsā
The line
Because of a compound: pramatta (प्रमत्त), and a joining, prāṇavyaparopaṇa (प्राणव्यपरोपण), harm.
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: pramatta-yogāt (प्रमत्त-योगात्) + prāṇavyaparopaṇaṃ (प्राणव्यपरोपणं) + hiṃsā (हिंसा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pramatta-yogāt (प्रमत्त-योगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: pramatta (प्रमत्त), and a joining. Read it from the end |
| prāṇavyaparopaṇaṃ (प्राणव्यपरोपणं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | prāṇavyaparopaṇa (प्राणव्यपरोपण) |
| hiṃsā (हिंसा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | harm |
The phrases
pramatta-yogāt (प्रमत्त-योगात्) is a compound: pramatta (प्रमत्त), and a joining. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. prāṇavyaparopaṇaṃ (प्राणव्यपरोपणं) is prāṇavyaparopaṇa (प्राणव्यपरोपण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
hiṃsā (हिंसा) is harm. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prāṇavyaparopaṇaṃ (प्राणव्यपरोपणं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pramatta-yogāt (प्रमत्त-योगात्) and prāṇavyaparopaṇaṃ (प्राणव्यपरोपणं).