2.2.14
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.14
आदित्यसंयोगात् भूतपूर्वात् भविष्यतो भूताच्च प्राची
ādityasaṃyogāt bhūtapūrvāt bhaviṣyato bhūtācca prācī
The line
Because of a compound: āditya (आदित्य), and conjunction, because of a compound: an element, and the earlier, bhaviṣyata (भविष्यत), bhūtācca (भूताच्च), prāca (प्राच).
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: āditya-saṃyogāt (आदित्य-संयोगात्) + bhūta-pūrvāt (भूत-पूर्वात्) + bhaviṣyato (भविष्यतो) + bhūtācca (भूताच्च) + prācī (प्राची)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| āditya-saṃyogāt (आदित्य-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: āditya (आदित्य), and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| bhūta-pūrvāt (भूत-पूर्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an element, and the earlier. Read it from the end |
| bhaviṣyato (भविष्यतो) | nominative singular, masculine | bhaviṣyata (भविष्यत) |
| bhūtācca (भूताच्च) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| prācī (प्राची) | nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine | prāca (प्राच) |
The phrases
āditya-saṃyogāt (आदित्य-संयोगात्) is a compound: āditya (आदित्य), and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. bhūta-pūrvāt (भूत-पूर्वात्) is a compound: an element, and the earlier. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. bhaviṣyato (भविष्यतो) is bhaviṣyata (भविष्यत). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
bhūtācca (भूताच्च) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. prācī (प्राची) is prāca (प्राच). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine.
Sanskrit in this line
āditya-saṃyogāt (आदित्य-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss āditya-saṃyogāt (आदित्य-संयोगात्) and bhūta-pūrvāt (भूत-पूर्वात्).
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2.2.15. So, in that way, the gift to the priests, pratīca (प्रतीच), udīca (उदीच) and.