3.1.8
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.8
न एकस्मिन् नासास्थिव्यवहिते द्वित्वाभिमानात्
na ekasmin nāsāsthivyavahite dvitvābhimānāt
The line
Not ekasmin (एकस्मिन्), not in asāsthivyavahita (असास्थिव्यवहित), because of a compound: dvitvābhi (द्वित्वाभि), and a measure, a means of knowing.
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: na (न) + ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) + na (न) + asāsthivyavahite (असास्थिव्यवहिते) + dvitvābhi-mānāt (द्वित्वाभि-मानात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| asāsthivyavahite (असास्थिव्यवहिते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | asāsthivyavahita (असास्थिव्यवहित) |
| dvitvābhi-mānāt (द्वित्वाभि-मानात्) | ablative singular | a compound: dvitvābhi (द्वित्वाभि), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
asāsthivyavahite (असास्थिव्यवहिते) is asāsthivyavahita (असास्थिव्यवहित). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. dvitvābhi-mānāt (द्वित्वाभि-मानात्) is a compound: dvitvābhi (द्वित्वाभि), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
asāsthivyavahite (असास्थिव्यवहिते) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) and asāsthivyavahite (असास्थिव्यवहिते).