5.1.4
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.1.4
साध्यदृष्टान्तयोर्धर्मविकल्पादुभयसाध्यत्वाच्चोत्कर्षापकर्ष वर्ण्यविकल्पसाध्यसमाः
sādhyadṛṣṭāntayordharmavikalpādubhayasādhyatvāccotkarṣāpakarṣa varṇyavikalpasādhyasamāḥ
The line
A compound: what is to be established, an example, yordha (योर्ध), rmavi (र्मवि), kalpādu (कल्पादु), fear, what is to be established, tvācco (त्वाच्चो), tkarṣā (त्कर्षा), and pakarṣa (पकर्ष), a compound: varṇya (वर्ण्य), an alternative, a division, and a reason equal to what is to be proved.
Where it sits
In Nyāya (न्याय) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 5. The false rejoinders, called jāti (जाति), and the points on which a debate is lost. The line is short. gotvād (गोत्वाद्) from 5.1.3 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: sādhya-dṛṣṭānta-yordha-rmavi-kalpādu-bhaya-sādhya-tvācco-tkarṣā-pakarṣa (साध्य-दृष्टान्त-योर्ध-र्मवि-कल्पादु-भय-साध्य-त्वाच्चो-त्कर्षा-पकर्ष) + varṇya-vikalpa-sādhyasamāḥ (वर्ण्य-विकल्प-साध्यसमाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sādhya-dṛṣṭānta-yordha-rmavi-kalpādu-bhaya-sādhya-tvācco-tkarṣā-pakarṣa (साध्य-दृष्टान्त-योर्ध-र्मवि-कल्पादु-भय-साध्य-त्वाच्चो-त्कर्षा-पकर्ष) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: what is to be established, an example, yordha (योर्ध), rmavi (र्मवि), kalpādu (कल्पादु), fear, what is to be established, tvācco (त्वाच्चो), tkarṣā (त्कर्षा), and pakarṣa (पकर्ष). Read it from the end |
| varṇya-vikalpa-sādhyasamāḥ (वर्ण्य-विकल्प-साध्यसमाः) | nominative plural | a compound: varṇya (वर्ण्य), an alternative, a division, and a reason equal to what is to be proved. Read it from the end |
The phrases
sādhya-dṛṣṭānta-yordha-rmavi-kalpādu-bhaya-sādhya-tvācco-tkarṣā-pakarṣa (साध्य-दृष्टान्त-योर्ध-र्मवि-कल्पादु-भय-साध्य-त्वाच्चो-त्कर्षा-पकर्ष) is a compound: what is to be established, an example, yordha (योर्ध), rmavi (र्मवि), kalpādu (कल्पादु), fear, what is to be established, tvācco (त्वाच्चो), tkarṣā (त्कर्षा), and pakarṣa (पकर्ष). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
varṇya-vikalpa-sādhyasamāḥ (वर्ण्य-विकल्प-साध्यसमाः) is a compound: varṇya (वर्ण्य), an alternative, a division, and a reason equal to what is to be proved. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
sādhya-dṛṣṭānta-yordha-rmavi-kalpādu-bhaya-sādhya-tvācco-tkarṣā-pakarṣa (साध्य-दृष्टान्त-योर्ध-र्मवि-कल्पादु-भय-साध्य-त्वाच्चो-त्कर्षा-पकर्ष) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sādhya-dṛṣṭānta-yordha-rmavi-kalpādu-bhaya-sādhya-tvācco-tkarṣā-pakarṣa (साध्य-दृष्टान्त-योर्ध-र्मवि-कल्पादु-भय-साध्य-त्वाच्चो-त्कर्षा-पकर्ष) and varṇya-vikalpa-sādhyasamāḥ (वर्ण्य-विकल्प-साध्यसमाः).