2.1.37
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.37
सेनावनवत् ग्रहणमिति चेत् न अतीन्द्रियत्वातणूनाम्
senāvanavat grahaṇam iti cet na atīndriyatvāt aṇūnām
The line
If you say that senāvanavat (सेनावनवत्), a grasping, no, because of atīndriyatva (अतीन्द्रियत्व), of an atom.
Where it sits
In Nyāya (न्याय) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Examines doubt, and then examines the means of knowing one by one. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: senāvanavat (सेनावनवत्) + grahaṇam (ग्रहणम्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्) + na (न) + atīndriyatvāt (अतीन्द्रियत्वात्) + aṇūnām (अणूनाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| senāvanavat (सेनावनवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| grahaṇam (ग्रहणम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a grasping |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| atīndriyatvāt (अतीन्द्रियत्वात्) | ablative singular | atīndriyatva (अतीन्द्रियत्व) |
| aṇūnām (अणूनाम्) | genitive plural | an atom |
The phrases
senāvanavat (सेनावनवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. grahaṇam (ग्रहणम्) is a grasping. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. atīndriyatvāt (अतीन्द्रियत्वात्) is atīndriyatva (अतीन्द्रियत्व). It stands as ablative singular. aṇūnām (अणूनाम्) is an atom. It stands as genitive plural.
Sanskrit in this line
atīndriyatvāt (अतीन्द्रियत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss senāvanavat (सेनावनवत्) and grahaṇam (ग्रहणम्).