3.1.22
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.22
अयसः अयस्कान्ताभिगमनवत् तदुपसर्पणम्
ayasaḥ ayaskāntābhigamanavat tadupasarpaṇam
The line
ayasa (अयस), ayaskāntābhigamanavat (अयस्कान्ताभिगमनवत्), tadupasarpaṇa (तदुपसर्पण).
Where it sits
In Nyāya (न्याय) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Examines the objects: the self, the body, the senses, the mind. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: ayasaḥ (अयसः) + ayaskāntābhigamanavat (अयस्कान्ताभिगमनवत्) + tadupasarpaṇam (तदुपसर्पणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ayasaḥ (अयसः) | nominative singular, masculine | ayasa (अयस) |
| ayaskāntābhigamanavat (अयस्कान्ताभिगमनवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tadupasarpaṇam (तदुपसर्पणम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | tadupasarpaṇa (तदुपसर्पण) |
The phrases
ayasaḥ (अयसः) is ayasa (अयस). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. ayaskāntābhigamanavat (अयस्कान्ताभिगमनवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
tadupasarpaṇam (तदुपसर्पणम्) is tadupasarpaṇa (तदुपसर्पण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
ayaskāntābhigamanavat (अयस्कान्ताभिगमनवत्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ayasaḥ (अयसः) and ayaskāntābhigamanavat (अयस्कान्ताभिगमनवत्).
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3.1.23. Not elsewhere, because of a compound: activity, setting out to act, and absence.