3.1.39
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.39
कर्मकारितः च इन्द्रियाणां व्यूहः पुरुषार्थतन्त्रः
karmakāritaḥ ca indriyāṇāṃ vyūhaḥ puruṣārthatantraḥ
The line
A compound: action, and kārita (कारित) and, of a sense, vyūha (व्यूह), a compound: the person, a thing, a meaning, and a shared performance.
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: karma-kāritaḥ (कर्म-कारितः) + ca (च) + indriyāṇāṃ (इन्द्रियाणां) + vyūhaḥ (व्यूहः) + puruṣa-artha-tantraḥ (पुरुष-अर्थ-तन्त्रः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karma-kāritaḥ (कर्म-कारितः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: action, and kārita (कारित). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| indriyāṇāṃ (इन्द्रियाणां) | genitive plural | a sense |
| vyūhaḥ (व्यूहः) | nominative singular, masculine | vyūha (व्यूह) |
| puruṣa-artha-tantraḥ (पुरुष-अर्थ-तन्त्रः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: the person, a thing, a meaning, and a shared performance. Read it from the end |
The phrases
karma-kāritaḥ (कर्म-कारितः) is a compound: action, and kārita (कारित). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. indriyāṇāṃ (इन्द्रियाणां) is a sense. It stands as genitive plural.
vyūhaḥ (व्यूहः) is vyūha (व्यूह). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. puruṣa-artha-tantraḥ (पुरुष-अर्थ-तन्त्रः) is a compound: the person, a thing, a meaning, and a shared performance. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
puruṣa-artha-tantraḥ (पुरुष-अर्थ-तन्त्रः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karma-kāritaḥ (कर्म-कारितः) and indriyāṇāṃ (इन्द्रियाणां).