9.47

Tattvārtha Sūtra / 9. Saṃvara (संवर) / 9.47

संयमश्रुतप्रतिसेवनातीर्थलिंगलेश्योपपादस्थानविकल्पतः साध्याः

saṃyamaśrutapratisevanātīrthaliṃgaleśyopapādasthānavikalpataḥ sādhyāḥ

The line

A compound: saṃyama (संयम), heard, toward, against, sevanā (सेवना), a ford, a teaching, liṃga (लिंग), leśyopa (लेश्योप), a quarter, a part, the place, the order, vika (विक), and lpata (ल्पत), what is to be established.

Where it sits

In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. Saṃvara (संवर) and nirjarā (निर्जरा). Stoppage, and the wearing away. The line is short. pulākabakuśakuśīlanirgranthasnātakā (पुलाकबकुशकुशीलनिर्ग्रन्थस्नातका) from 9.46 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).

Split: saṃyama-śruta-prati-sevanā-tīrtha-liṃga-leśyopa-pāda-sthāna-vika-lpataḥ (संयम-श्रुत-प्रति-सेवना-तीर्थ-लिंग-लेश्योप-पाद-स्थान-विक-ल्पतः) + sādhyāḥ (साध्याः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
saṃyama-śruta-prati-sevanā-tīrtha-liṃga-leśyopa-pāda-sthāna-vika-lpataḥ (संयम-श्रुत-प्रति-सेवना-तीर्थ-लिंग-लेश्योप-पाद-स्थान-विक-ल्पतः)nominative singular, masculinea compound: saṃyama (संयम), heard, toward, against, sevanā (सेवना), a ford, a teaching, liṃga (लिंग), leśyopa (लेश्योप), a quarter, a part, the place, the order, vika (विक), and lpata (ल्पत). Read it from the end
sādhyāḥ (साध्याः)nominative pluralwhat is to be established

The phrases

saṃyama-śruta-prati-sevanā-tīrtha-liṃga-leśyopa-pāda-sthāna-vika-lpataḥ (संयम-श्रुत-प्रति-सेवना-तीर्थ-लिंग-लेश्योप-पाद-स्थान-विक-ल्पतः) is a compound: saṃyama (संयम), heard, toward, against, sevanā (सेवना), a ford, a teaching, liṃga (लिंग), leśyopa (लेश्योप), a quarter, a part, the place, the order, vika (विक), and lpata (ल्पत). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.

sādhyāḥ (साध्याः) is what is to be established. It stands as nominative plural.

Sanskrit in this line

saṃyama-śruta-prati-sevanā-tīrtha-liṃga-leśyopa-pāda-sthāna-vika-lpataḥ (संयम-श्रुत-प्रति-सेवना-तीर्थ-लिंग-लेश्योप-पाद-स्थान-विक-ल्पतः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss saṃyama-śruta-prati-sevanā-tīrtha-liṃga-leśyopa-pāda-sthāna-vika-lpataḥ (संयम-श्रुत-प्रति-सेवना-तीर्थ-लिंग-लेश्योप-पाद-स्थान-विक-ल्पतः) and sādhyāḥ (साध्याः).

Next

10.1. Because of a compound: confusion, and destruction, because of a compound: knowing, seeing, a covering, an obstruction, and destruction.