3.2.45
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.45
न प्रदीपार्चिःसन्तत्यभिव्यक्तग्रहणवत् तद्ग्रहणम्
na pradīpārciḥsantatyabhivyaktagrahaṇavat tadgrahaṇam
The line
Not pradīpārciḥsantatyabhivyaktagrahaṇavat (प्रदीपार्चिःसन्तत्यभिव्यक्तग्रहणवत्), a compound: that, and a grasping.
Where it sits
In Nyāya (न्याय) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Examines the objects: the self, the body, the senses, the mind. The line is short. hetūpādānāt (हेतूपादानात्) from 3.2.44 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + pradīpārciḥsantatyabhivyaktagrahaṇavat (प्रदीपार्चिःसन्तत्यभिव्यक्तग्रहणवत्) + tad-grahaṇam (तद्-ग्रहणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| pradīpārciḥsantatyabhivyaktagrahaṇavat (प्रदीपार्चिःसन्तत्यभिव्यक्तग्रहणवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tad-grahaṇam (तद्-ग्रहणम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: that, and a grasping. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. pradīpārciḥsantatyabhivyaktagrahaṇavat (प्रदीपार्चिःसन्तत्यभिव्यक्तग्रहणवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
tad-grahaṇam (तद्-ग्रहणम्) is a compound: that, and a grasping. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
pradīpārciḥsantatyabhivyaktagrahaṇavat (प्रदीपार्चिःसन्तत्यभिव्यक्तग्रहणवत्) 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 pradīpārciḥsantatyabhivyaktagrahaṇavat (प्रदीपार्चिःसन्तत्यभिव्यक्तग्रहणवत्) and tad-grahaṇam (तद्-ग्रहणम्).