3.2.63
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.63
न, उत्पत्तिनिमित्तत्वात् मातापित्रोः
na, utpattinimittatvāt mātāpitroḥ
The line
Not because of a compound: arising, the origin, the efficient ground, and the state of being that, of mātāpitra (मातापित्र).
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. sādhyasama-tvāt (साध्यसम-त्वात्) from 3.2.62 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) + utpatti-nimitta-tvāt (उत्पत्ति-निमित्त-त्वात्) + mātāpitroḥ (मातापित्रोः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| utpatti-nimitta-tvāt (उत्पत्ति-निमित्त-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: arising, the origin, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| mātāpitroḥ (मातापित्रोः) | genitive or ablative singular | mātāpitra (मातापित्र) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. utpatti-nimitta-tvāt (उत्पत्ति-निमित्त-त्वात्) is a compound: arising, the origin, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
mātāpitroḥ (मातापित्रोः) is mātāpitra (मातापित्र). It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
utpatti-nimitta-tvāt (उत्पत्ति-निमित्त-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss utpatti-nimitta-tvāt (उत्पत्ति-निमित्त-त्वात्) and mātāpitroḥ (मातापित्रोः).