8.15
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 8. Bandha (बन्ध) / 8.15
सप्ततिर् मोहनीयस्य
saptatir mohanīyasya
The line
saptatir (सप्ततिर्), of a compound: confusion, and nīya (नीय).
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 8. Bandha (बन्ध). Bondage, and how karma (कर्म) is bound. The line is short. āditas (आदित) from 8.14 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: saptatir (सप्ततिर्) + moha-nīyasya (मोह-नीयस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saptatir (सप्ततिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| moha-nīyasya (मोह-नीयस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: confusion, and nīya (नीय). Read it from the end |
The phrases
saptatir (सप्ततिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
moha-nīyasya (मोह-नीयस्य) is a compound: confusion, and nīya (नीय). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
moha-nīyasya (मोह-नीयस्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saptatir (सप्ततिर्) and moha-nīyasya (मोह-नीयस्य).
Next
8.16. viṃśatir (विंशतिर्), of a compound: by name, indeed, and gotra (गोत्र).