3.2.43
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.43
अव्यक्तग्रहणमनवस्थायित्वात् विद्युत्सम्पाते रूपाव्यक्तग्रहणवत्
avyaktagrahaṇam anavasthāyitvāt vidyutsampāte rūpāvyaktagrahaṇavat
The line
A compound: avyakta (अव्यक्त), and a grasping, because of anavasthāyitva (अनवस्थायित्व), in vidyutsampāta (विद्युत्सम्पात), rūpāvyaktagrahaṇavat (रूपाव्यक्तग्रहणवत्).
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: avyakta-grahaṇam (अव्यक्त-ग्रहणम्) + anavasthāyitvāt (अनवस्थायित्वात्) + vidyutsampāte (विद्युत्सम्पाते) + rūpāvyaktagrahaṇavat (रूपाव्यक्तग्रहणवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| avyakta-grahaṇam (अव्यक्त-ग्रहणम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: avyakta (अव्यक्त), and a grasping. Read it from the end |
| anavasthāyitvāt (अनवस्थायित्वात्) | ablative singular | anavasthāyitva (अनवस्थायित्व) |
| vidyutsampāte (विद्युत्सम्पाते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | vidyutsampāta (विद्युत्सम्पात) |
| rūpāvyaktagrahaṇavat (रूपाव्यक्तग्रहणवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
avyakta-grahaṇam (अव्यक्त-ग्रहणम्) is a compound: avyakta (अव्यक्त), and a grasping. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. anavasthāyitvāt (अनवस्थायित्वात्) is anavasthāyitva (अनवस्थायित्व). It stands as ablative singular.
vidyutsampāte (विद्युत्सम्पाते) is vidyutsampāta (विद्युत्सम्पात). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. rūpāvyaktagrahaṇavat (रूपाव्यक्तग्रहणवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
rūpāvyaktagrahaṇavat (रूपाव्यक्तग्रहणवत्) 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 avyakta-grahaṇam (अव्यक्त-ग्रहणम्) and anavasthāyitvāt (अनवस्थायित्वात्).