10.2.3
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.3
कारणे समवायात् कर्माणि
kāraṇe samavāyāt karmāṇi
The line
In a cause, because of because of inherence, acts.
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Pleasure and pain are different things. The book closes on the authority of the Veda. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: kāraṇe (कारणे) + samavāyāt (समवायात्) + karmāṇi (कर्माणि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāraṇe (कारणे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a cause |
| samavāyāt (समवायात्) | ablative singular | because of inherence |
| karmāṇi (कर्माणि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | acts |
The phrases
kāraṇe (कारणे) is a cause. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. samavāyāt (समवायात्) is because of inherence. It stands as ablative singular.
karmāṇi (कर्माणि) is acts. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
samavāyāt (समवायात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāraṇe (कारणे) and samavāyāt (समवायात्).