3.1.63
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.63
अप्-तेजो-वायूनां पूर्वं पूर्वमपोह्य आकाशस्य उत्तरः
ap-tejo-vāyūnāṃ pūrvaṃ pūrvam apohya ākāśasya uttaraḥ
The line
Of ap-tejo-vāya (अप्-तेजो-वाय), the earlier, the earlier, apohya (अपोह्य), of space, the later.
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: ap-tejo-vāyūnāṃ (अप्-तेजो-वायूनां) + pūrvaṃ (पूर्वं) + pūrvam (पूर्वम्) + apohya (अपोह्य) + ākāśasya (आकाशस्य) + uttaraḥ (उत्तरः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ap-tejo-vāyūnāṃ (अप्-तेजो-वायूनां) | genitive plural | ap-tejo-vāya (अप्-तेजो-वाय) |
| pūrvaṃ (पूर्वं) | accusative singular, masculine | the earlier |
| pūrvam (पूर्वम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the earlier |
| apohya (अपोह्य) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ākāśasya (आकाशस्य) | genitive singular | space |
| uttaraḥ (उत्तरः) | nominative singular, masculine | the later |
The phrases
ap-tejo-vāyūnāṃ (अप्-तेजो-वायूनां) is ap-tejo-vāya (अप्-तेजो-वाय). It stands as genitive plural. pūrvaṃ (पूर्वं) is the earlier. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. pūrvam (पूर्वम्) is the earlier. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
apohya (अपोह्य) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ākāśasya (आकाशस्य) is space. It stands as genitive singular. uttaraḥ (उत्तरः) is the later. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
ap-tejo-vāyūnāṃ (अप्-तेजो-वायूनां) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ap-tejo-vāyūnāṃ (अप्-तेजो-वायूनां) and pūrvaṃ (पूर्वं).
Next
3.1.64. Not of a compound: all, guṇā (गुणा), nupa (नुप), and labdha (लब्ध).