2.1.5
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.5
त आकाशे न विद्यन्ते
ta ākāśe na vidyante
The line
ta (त), in space, not are found.
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: ta (त) + ākāśe (आकाशे) + na (न) + vidyante (विद्यन्ते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ta (त) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ākāśe (आकाशे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | space |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vidyante (विद्यन्ते) | present, third person plural | are found |
The phrases
ta (त) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ākāśe (आकाशे) is space. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vidyante (विद्यन्ते) is are found. It stands as present, third person plural.
Sanskrit in this line
vidyante (विद्यन्ते) is present, third person plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ta (त) and ākāśe (आकाशे).