3.2.71
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.71
अणुश्यामतानित्यत्ववतेतत् स्यात्
aṇuśyāmatānityatvavat etat syāt
The line
aṇuśyāmatānityatvavat (अणुश्यामतानित्यत्ववत्), this, it would be, let it be granted.
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: aṇuśyāmatānityatvavat (अणुश्यामतानित्यत्ववत्) + etat (एतत्) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aṇuśyāmatānityatvavat (अणुश्यामतानित्यत्ववत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| etat (एतत्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | this |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
aṇuśyāmatānityatvavat (अणुश्यामतानित्यत्ववत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. etat (एतत्) is this. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
aṇuśyāmatānityatvavat (अणुश्यामतानित्यत्ववत्) 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 aṇuśyāmatānityatvavat (अणुश्यामतानित्यत्ववत्) and etat (एतत्).