3.2.13
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.13
क्षीरविनाशे कारणानुपलब्धिवत् दध्युत्पत्तिवत् च तदुत्पत्तिः
kṣīravināśe kāraṇānupalabdhivat dadhyutpattivat ca tadutpattiḥ
The line
In a compound: kṣīravi (क्षीरवि), and destruction, a compound: a cause, not being found, and possessing, dadhyutpattivat (दध्युत्पत्तिवत्) and, tadutpatta (तदुत्पत्त).
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: kṣīravi-nāśe (क्षीरवि-नाशे) + kāraṇa-anupalabdhi-vat (कारण-अनुपलब्धि-वत्) + dadhyutpattivat (दध्युत्पत्तिवत्) + ca (च) + tadutpattiḥ (तदुत्पत्तिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kṣīravi-nāśe (क्षीरवि-नाशे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: kṣīravi (क्षीरवि), and destruction. Read it from the end |
| kāraṇa-anupalabdhi-vat (कारण-अनुपलब्धि-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a cause, not being found, and possessing. Read it from the end |
| dadhyutpattivat (दध्युत्पत्तिवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tadutpattiḥ (तदुत्पत्तिः) | nominative singular | tadutpatta (तदुत्पत्त) |
The phrases
kṣīravi-nāśe (क्षीरवि-नाशे) is a compound: kṣīravi (क्षीरवि), and destruction. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. kāraṇa-anupalabdhi-vat (कारण-अनुपलब्धि-वत्) is a compound: a cause, not being found, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. dadhyutpattivat (दध्युत्पत्तिवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. tadutpattiḥ (तदुत्पत्तिः) is tadutpatta (तदुत्पत्त). It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kāraṇa-anupalabdhi-vat (कारण-अनुपलब्धि-वत्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kṣīravi-nāśe (क्षीरवि-नाशे) and kāraṇa-anupalabdhi-vat (कारण-अनुपलब्धि-वत्).
Next
3.2.14. A compound: a mark, and taḥa (तःअ), because of a grasping, not not being found.