8.23
Tattvārtha Sūtra / 8. Bandha (बन्ध) / 8.23
ततश् च निर्जरा
tataś ca nirjarā
The line
From that, then and, wearing away.
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 8. Bandha (बन्ध). Bondage, and how karma (कर्म) is bound. The line is short. sa (स) from 8.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tataḥ (ततः) + ca (च) + nirjarā (निर्जरा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tataḥ (ततः) | indeclinable | from that, then |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| nirjarā (निर्जरा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | wearing away |
The phrases
tataḥ (ततः) is from that, then. It stands as indeclinable. The line writes it tataś (ततश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
nirjarā (निर्जरा) is wearing away. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
nirjarā (निर्जरा) is nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it tataś (ततश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tataḥ (ततः) and nirjarā (निर्जरा).