2.1.25
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.25
कार्यान्तराप्रादुर्भावाच्च शब्दः स्पर्शवतामगुणः
kāryāntarāprādurbhāvācca śabdaḥ sparśavatāmaguṇaḥ
The line
kāryāntarāprādurbhāvācca (कार्यान्तराप्रादुर्भावाच्च), a word, a compound: touch, vatāma (वताम), and a quality.
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: kāryāntarāprādurbhāvācca (कार्यान्तराप्रादुर्भावाच्च) + śabdaḥ (शब्दः) + sparśa-vatāma-guṇaḥ (स्पर्श-वताम-गुणः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāryāntarāprādurbhāvācca (कार्यान्तराप्रादुर्भावाच्च) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| śabdaḥ (शब्दः) | nominative singular, masculine | a word |
| sparśa-vatāma-guṇaḥ (स्पर्श-वताम-गुणः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: touch, vatāma (वताम), and a quality. Read it from the end |
The phrases
kāryāntarāprādurbhāvācca (कार्यान्तराप्रादुर्भावाच्च) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. śabdaḥ (शब्दः) is a word. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
sparśa-vatāma-guṇaḥ (स्पर्श-वताम-गुणः) is a compound: touch, vatāma (वताम), and a quality. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
kāryāntarāprādurbhāvācca (कार्यान्तराप्रादुर्भावाच्च) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāryāntarāprādurbhāvācca (कार्यान्तराप्रादुर्भावाच्च) and śabdaḥ (शब्दः).