4.2.34
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.34
स्मृतिसंकल्पवच्च स्वप्नविषयाभिमानः
smṛtisaṃkalpavacca svapnaviṣayābhimānaḥ
The line
A compound: memory, saṃka (संक), and lpavacca (ल्पवच्च), a compound: dream, viṣa (विष), yābhi (याभि), and a measure, a means of knowing.
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. hetu-abhā-vāda-siddhiḥ (हेतु-अभा-वाद-सिद्धिः) from 4.2.33 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: smṛti-saṃka-lpavacca (स्मृति-संक-ल्पवच्च) + svapna-viṣa-yābhi-mānaḥ (स्वप्न-विष-याभि-मानः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| smṛti-saṃka-lpavacca (स्मृति-संक-ल्पवच्च) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: memory, saṃka (संक), and lpavacca (ल्पवच्च). Read it from the end |
| svapna-viṣa-yābhi-mānaḥ (स्वप्न-विष-याभि-मानः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: dream, viṣa (विष), yābhi (याभि), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
smṛti-saṃka-lpavacca (स्मृति-संक-ल्पवच्च) is a compound: memory, saṃka (संक), and lpavacca (ल्पवच्च). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
svapna-viṣa-yābhi-mānaḥ (स्वप्न-विष-याभि-मानः) is a compound: dream, viṣa (विष), yābhi (याभि), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
svapna-viṣa-yābhi-mānaḥ (स्वप्न-विष-याभि-मानः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss smṛti-saṃka-lpavacca (स्मृति-संक-ल्पवच्च) and svapna-viṣa-yābhi-mānaḥ (स्वप्न-विष-याभि-मानः).