1.1.28
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.1.28
रूपाणां रूपम्
rūpāṇāṃ rūpam
The line
Color is the effect of colors.
नेपालीमा
रङ्ग रङ्गहरूको कार्य हो।
Where it sits
1.1.27 was conjunctions producing a substance. This is qualities producing a quality. 1.1.29 leaves products of substances and names the causes of one action, throwing upward.
Split: rūpāṇām (रूपाणाम्) + rūpam (रूपम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| rūpāṇām (रूपाणाम्) | genitive plural, neuter | of colors. |
| rūpam (रूपम्) | nominative singular, neuter | a color. |
The phrases
The same shape as 1.1.27. kāryam (कार्यम्) still unspoken. Colors produce a color, the color of the substance those colors' substances have produced.
This is 1.1.10 in one quality: a quality produces a quality. Color is the specimen.
Sanskrit in this line
The pāṭha (पाठ) has rūpa (रूप) with a long ū (ऊ) here, unlike 1.1.6. Same word.
Say it back
Say 1.1.27 and 1.1.28 as one pattern.
Next
1.1.29. Throwing upward comes from weight, effort, and conjunction.