2.2.23
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.23
न, कर्मानित्यत्वात्
na, karmānityatvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: action, not eternal, and the state of being that.
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. asparśatvāt (अस्पर्शत्वात्) from 2.2.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + karma-anitya-tvāt (कर्म-अनित्य-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| karma-anitya-tvāt (कर्म-अनित्य-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: action, not eternal, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
karma-anitya-tvāt (कर्म-अनित्य-त्वात्) is a compound: action, not eternal, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
karma-anitya-tvāt (कर्म-अनित्य-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karma-anitya-tvāt (कर्म-अनित्य-त्वात्).
Next
2.2.24. Not because of a compound: an atom, eternal, and the state of being that.