4.2.16
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.16
न प्रलयोऽणुसद्भावात्
na pralayo 'ṇusadbhāvāt
The line
Not dissolution, because of a compound: an atom, what is, and a state.
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 line is short. avaya-vāva-yavi-prasaṅga-ścai-vamā-pralayāt (अवय-वाव-यवि-प्रसङ्ग-श्चै-वमा-प्रलयात्) from 4.2.15 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) + pralayo (प्रलयो) + aṇu-sad-bhāvāt (अणु-सद्-भावात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| pralayo (प्रलयो) | nominative singular, masculine | dissolution |
| aṇu-sad-bhāvāt (अणु-सद्-भावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an atom, what is, and a state. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. pralayo (प्रलयो) is dissolution. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
aṇu-sad-bhāvāt (अणु-सद्-भावात्) is a compound: an atom, what is, and a state. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Sanskrit in this line
aṇu-sad-bhāvāt (अणु-सद्-भावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pralayo (प्रलयो) and aṇu-sad-bhāvāt (अणु-सद्-भावात्).