2.1.59
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.59
न, कर्मकर्तृसाधनवैगुण्यात्
na, karmakartṛsādhanavaiguṇyāt
The line
Not because of a compound: action, an agent, the means, and vaiguṇya (वैगुण्य).
Where it sits
In Nyāya (न्याय) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Examines doubt, and then examines the means of knowing one by one. The line is short. tada-prāmāṇyam (तद-प्रामाण्यम्) from 2.1.58 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + karma-kartṛ-sādhana-vaiguṇyāt (कर्म-कर्तृ-साधन-वैगुण्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| karma-kartṛ-sādhana-vaiguṇyāt (कर्म-कर्तृ-साधन-वैगुण्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: action, an agent, the means, and vaiguṇya (वैगुण्य). Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
karma-kartṛ-sādhana-vaiguṇyāt (कर्म-कर्तृ-साधन-वैगुण्यात्) is a compound: action, an agent, the means, and vaiguṇya (वैगुण्य). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
karma-kartṛ-sādhana-vaiguṇyāt (कर्म-कर्तृ-साधन-वैगुण्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karma-kartṛ-sādhana-vaiguṇyāt (कर्म-कर्तृ-साधन-वैगुण्यात्).