3.2.61
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.61
भूतेभ्यः मूर्त्युपादानवत् तदुपादानम्
bhūtebhyaḥ mūrtyupādānavat tadupādānam
The line
For an element, mūrtyupādānavat (मूर्त्युपादानवत्), tadupādāna (तदुपादान).
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: bhūtebhyaḥ (भूतेभ्यः) + mūrtyupādānavat (मूर्त्युपादानवत्) + tadupādānam (तदुपादानम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhūtebhyaḥ (भूतेभ्यः) | dative or ablative plural | an element |
| mūrtyupādānavat (मूर्त्युपादानवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tadupādānam (तदुपादानम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | tadupādāna (तदुपादान) |
The phrases
bhūtebhyaḥ (भूतेभ्यः) is an element. It stands as dative or ablative plural. mūrtyupādānavat (मूर्त्युपादानवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
tadupādānam (तदुपादानम्) is tadupādāna (तदुपादान). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
mūrtyupādānavat (मूर्त्युपादानवत्) 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 bhūtebhyaḥ (भूतेभ्यः) and mūrtyupādānavat (मूर्त्युपादानवत्).