2.2.2
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.2
व्यवस्थितः पृथिव्यां गन्धः
vyavasthitaḥ pṛthivyāṃ gandhaḥ
The line
Settled, of pṛthivya (पृथिव्य), smell.
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: vyavasthitaḥ (व्यवस्थितः) + pṛthivyāṃ (पृथिव्यां) + gandhaḥ (गन्धः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyavasthitaḥ (व्यवस्थितः) | nominative singular, masculine | settled |
| pṛthivyāṃ (पृथिव्यां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | pṛthivya (पृथिव्य) |
| gandhaḥ (गन्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | smell |
The phrases
vyavasthitaḥ (व्यवस्थितः) is settled. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. pṛthivyāṃ (पृथिव्यां) is pṛthivya (पृथिव्य). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine.
gandhaḥ (गन्धः) is smell. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
vyavasthitaḥ (व्यवस्थितः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyavasthitaḥ (व्यवस्थितः) and pṛthivyāṃ (पृथिव्यां).