1.1.27
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.1.27
संयोगानां द्रव्यम्
saṃyogānāṃ dravyam
The line
A substance is the effect of conjunctions.
नेपालीमा
द्रव्य संयोगहरूको कार्य हो।
Where it sits
1.1.23 said substances produce a substance. This line names the quality through which they do it: conjunction. 1.1.28 is the parallel for color.
Split: saṃyogānām (संयोगानाम्) + dravyam (द्रव्यम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃyogānām (संयोगानाम्) | genitive plural, masculine | of conjunctions. |
| dravyam (द्रव्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | a substance. |
The phrases
kāryam (कार्यम्) carries. The effect of conjunctions is a substance. Two atoms, conjoined, are the material of a dyad, and the dyad is a substance.
This is the school's account of how a visible thing is built. The line is only the rule. The atom is argued in Adhyāya (अध्याय) 4.
Sanskrit in this line
The genitive is 'effect of.' kāryam (कार्यम्) is the unspoken predicate, still in force from 1.1.23 and 1.1.26.
Say it back
What do conjunctions produce?