2.1.10
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.10
न च दृष्टानां स्पर्श इत्यदृष्टलिङ्गो वायुः
na ca dṛṣṭānāṃ sparśa ityadṛṣṭaliṅgo vāyuḥ
The line
Not and, of seen, touch, a compound: thus, the close of a quote, what is not seen, and a mark, air.
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Earth, water, fire, air, and the qualities that mark them. Then ether, time, and space. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: na (न) + ca (च) + dṛṣṭānāṃ (दृष्टानां) + sparśa (स्पर्श) + iti-adṛṣṭa-liṅgaḥ (इति-अदृष्ट-लिङ्गः) + vāyuḥ (वायुः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| dṛṣṭānāṃ (दृष्टानां) | genitive plural | seen |
| sparśa (स्पर्श) | the stem, as the line writes it | touch |
| iti-adṛṣṭa-liṅgaḥ (इति-अदृष्ट-लिङ्गः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: thus, the close of a quote, what is not seen, and a mark. Read it from the end |
| vāyuḥ (वायुः) | nominative singular | air |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. dṛṣṭānāṃ (दृष्टानां) is seen. It stands as genitive plural.
sparśa (स्पर्श) is touch. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. iti-adṛṣṭa-liṅgaḥ (इति-अदृष्ट-लिङ्गः) is a compound: thus, the close of a quote, what is not seen, and a mark. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it ityadṛṣṭaliṅgo (इत्यदृष्टलिङ्गो). vāyuḥ (वायुः) is air. It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
iti-adṛṣṭa-liṅgaḥ (इति-अदृष्ट-लिङ्गः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it ityadṛṣṭaliṅgo (इत्यदृष्टलिङ्गो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dṛṣṭānāṃ (दृष्टानां) and sparśa (स्पर्श).
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