10.2.6
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.6
कारणाकारणसमवायाच्च
kāraṇākāraṇasamavāyācca
The line
A compound: kāraṇā (कारणा), a cause, an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and vāyācca (वायाच्च).
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 line is short. kāraṇa-samavāyāt (कारण-समवायात्) from 10.2.5 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: kāraṇā-kāraṇa-sama-vāyācca (कारणा-कारण-सम-वायाच्च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāraṇā-kāraṇa-sama-vāyācca (कारणा-कारण-सम-वायाच्च) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: kāraṇā (कारणा), a cause, an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and vāyācca (वायाच्च). Read it from the end |
The phrases
kāraṇā-kāraṇa-sama-vāyācca (कारणा-कारण-सम-वायाच्च) is a compound: kāraṇā (कारणा), a cause, an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and vāyācca (वायाच्च). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.
Sanskrit in this line
kāraṇā-kāraṇa-sama-vāyācca (कारणा-कारण-सम-वायाच्च) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāraṇā-kāraṇa-sama-vāyācca (कारणा-कारण-सम-वायाच्च).