4.1.6
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.6
तेषां मोहः पापीयान्, नामूढस्येतरोत्पत्तेः
teṣāṃ mohaḥ pāpīyān, nāmūḍhasyetarotpatteḥ
The line
Of of them, confusion, pāpīya (पापीय), not of amūḍhasyetarotpatta (अमूढस्येतरोत्पत्त).
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: teṣāṃ (तेषां) + mohaḥ (मोहः) + pāpīyān (पापीयान्) + na (न) + amūḍhasyetarotpatteḥ (अमूढस्येतरोत्पत्तेः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| teṣāṃ (तेषां) | genitive plural | of them |
| mohaḥ (मोहः) | nominative singular, masculine | confusion |
| pāpīyān (पापीयान्) | accusative plural, masculine | pāpīya (पापीय) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| amūḍhasyetarotpatteḥ (अमूढस्येतरोत्पत्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | amūḍhasyetarotpatta (अमूढस्येतरोत्पत्त) |
The phrases
teṣāṃ (तेषां) is of them. It stands as genitive plural. mohaḥ (मोहः) is confusion. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. pāpīyān (पापीयान्) is pāpīya (पापीय). It stands as accusative plural, masculine.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. amūḍhasyetarotpatteḥ (अमूढस्येतरोत्पत्तेः) is amūḍhasyetarotpatta (अमूढस्येतरोत्पत्त). It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
amūḍhasyetarotpatteḥ (अमूढस्येतरोत्पत्तेः) is genitive or ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss teṣāṃ (तेषां) and mohaḥ (मोहः).