2.2.6
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.6
अपरस्मिन्नपरं युगपत् चिरं क्षिप्रमिति काललिङ्गानि
aparasminnaparaṃ yugapat ciraṃ kṣipramiti kālaliṅgāni
The line
A compound: apara (अपर), sminna (स्मिन्न), and another, the higher, at one time, cira (चिर), in kṣipramita (क्षिप्रमित), a compound: time, and a mark.
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: apara-sminna-paraṃ (अपर-स्मिन्न-परं) + yugapat (युगपत्) + ciraṃ (चिरं) + kṣipramiti (क्षिप्रमिति) + kāla-liṅgāni (काल-लिङ्गानि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| apara-sminna-paraṃ (अपर-स्मिन्न-परं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: apara (अपर), sminna (स्मिन्न), and another, the higher. Read it from the end |
| yugapat (युगपत्) | indeclinable | at one time |
| ciraṃ (चिरं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | cira (चिर) |
| kṣipramiti (क्षिप्रमिति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | kṣipramita (क्षिप्रमित) |
| kāla-liṅgāni (काल-लिङ्गानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | a compound: time, and a mark. Read it from the end |
The phrases
apara-sminna-paraṃ (अपर-स्मिन्न-परं) is a compound: apara (अपर), sminna (स्मिन्न), and another, the higher. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. yugapat (युगपत्) is at one time. It stands as indeclinable. ciraṃ (चिरं) is cira (चिर). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
kṣipramiti (क्षिप्रमिति) is kṣipramita (क्षिप्रमित). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. kāla-liṅgāni (काल-लिङ्गानि) is a compound: time, and a mark. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
apara-sminna-paraṃ (अपर-स्मिन्न-परं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss apara-sminna-paraṃ (अपर-स्मिन्न-परं) and yugapat (युगपत्).