5.2.20
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.20
कार्यव्यासङ्गात् कथाविच्छेदः विक्षेपः
kāryavyāsaṅgāt kathāvicchedaḥ vikṣepaḥ
The line
Because of a compound: an effect, and vyāsaṅga (व्यासङ्ग), kathāviccheda (कथाविच्छेद), vikṣepa (विक्षेप).
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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: kārya-vyāsaṅgāt (कार्य-व्यासङ्गात्) + kathāvicchedaḥ (कथाविच्छेदः) + vikṣepaḥ (विक्षेपः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kārya-vyāsaṅgāt (कार्य-व्यासङ्गात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an effect, and vyāsaṅga (व्यासङ्ग). Read it from the end |
| kathāvicchedaḥ (कथाविच्छेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | kathāviccheda (कथाविच्छेद) |
| vikṣepaḥ (विक्षेपः) | nominative singular, masculine | vikṣepa (विक्षेप) |
The phrases
kārya-vyāsaṅgāt (कार्य-व्यासङ्गात्) is a compound: an effect, and vyāsaṅga (व्यासङ्ग). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. kathāvicchedaḥ (कथाविच्छेदः) is kathāviccheda (कथाविच्छेद). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
vikṣepaḥ (विक्षेपः) is vikṣepa (विक्षेप). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
kārya-vyāsaṅgāt (कार्य-व्यासङ्गात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kārya-vyāsaṅgāt (कार्य-व्यासङ्गात्) and kathāvicchedaḥ (कथाविच्छेदः).