4.1.34
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.34
सर्वं पृथग्, भावलक्षणपृथक्त्वात्
sarvaṃ pṛthag, bhāvalakṣaṇapṛthaktvāt
The line
All, pṛthag (पृथग्), because of a compound: a state, a mark, and separateness.
Where it sits
In Nyāya (न्याय) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. Examines action, fault, rebirth, fruit, pain, and release, and then the whole and the part. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: sarvaṃ (सर्वं) + pṛthag (पृथग्) + bhāva-lakṣaṇa-pṛthaktvāt (भाव-लक्षण-पृथक्त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarvaṃ (सर्वं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | all |
| pṛthag (पृथग्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| bhāva-lakṣaṇa-pṛthaktvāt (भाव-लक्षण-पृथक्त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a state, a mark, and separateness. Read it from the end |
The phrases
sarvaṃ (सर्वं) is all. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. pṛthag (पृथग्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
bhāva-lakṣaṇa-pṛthaktvāt (भाव-लक्षण-पृथक्त्वात्) is a compound: a state, a mark, and separateness. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bhāva-lakṣaṇa-pṛthaktvāt (भाव-लक्षण-पृथक्त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarvaṃ (सर्वं) and pṛthag (पृथग्).
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4.1.35. Not of a compound: several, lakṣa (लक्ष), ṇaireka (णैरेक), a state, and niṣpatta (निष्पत्त).