7.37

Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.37

जीवितमरणाशंसामित्रानुरागसुखानुबन्धनिदानानि

jīvitamaraṇāśaṃsāmitrānurāgasukhānubandhanidānāni

The line

A compound: jīvi (जीवि), tama (तम), raṇā (रणा), śaṃsā (शंसा), mitrānu (मित्रानु), passion, sukhānu (सुखानु), bondage, and nidāna (निदान).

Where it sits

In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. The vows. The line is short. saci-ttani-kṣepā-pidhāna-para-vyapadeśa-mātsa-ryakā-lāti-kramāḥ (सचि-त्तनि-क्षेपा-पिधान-पर-व्यपदेश-मात्स-र्यका-लाति-क्रमाः) from 7.36 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).

Split: jīvi-tama-raṇā-śaṃsā-mitrānu-rāga-sukhānu-bandha-nidānāni (जीवि-तम-रणा-शंसा-मित्रानु-राग-सुखानु-बन्ध-निदानानि)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
jīvi-tama-raṇā-śaṃsā-mitrānu-rāga-sukhānu-bandha-nidānāni (जीवि-तम-रणा-शंसा-मित्रानु-राग-सुखानु-बन्ध-निदानानि)nominative or accusative plural, neutera compound: jīvi (जीवि), tama (तम), raṇā (रणा), śaṃsā (शंसा), mitrānu (मित्रानु), passion, sukhānu (सुखानु), bondage, and nidāna (निदान). Read it from the end

The phrases

jīvi-tama-raṇā-śaṃsā-mitrānu-rāga-sukhānu-bandha-nidānāni (जीवि-तम-रणा-शंसा-मित्रानु-राग-सुखानु-बन्ध-निदानानि) is a compound: jīvi (जीवि), tama (तम), raṇā (रणा), śaṃsā (शंसा), mitrānu (मित्रानु), passion, sukhānu (सुखानु), bondage, and nidāna (निदान). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter.

Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.

Sanskrit in this line

jīvi-tama-raṇā-śaṃsā-mitrānu-rāga-sukhānu-bandha-nidānāni (जीवि-तम-रणा-शंसा-मित्रानु-राग-सुखानु-बन्ध-निदानानि) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss jīvi-tama-raṇā-śaṃsā-mitrānu-rāga-sukhānu-bandha-nidānāni (जीवि-तम-रणा-शंसा-मित्रानु-राग-सुखानु-बन्ध-निदानानि).

Next

7.38. anugrahārtha (अनुग्रहार्थ), svasyātisarga (स्वस्यातिसर्ग), dāna (दान).