2.2.9
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.9
नित्योष्वभावादनित्येषु भावात् कारणे कालाख्येति
nityoṣvabhāvādanityeṣu bhāvāt kāraṇe kālākhyeti
The line
In a compound: nityo (नित्यो), ṣvabhā (ष्वभा), honest debate, and eternal, because of a state, in a cause, in kālākhyeta (कालाख्येत).
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: nityo-ṣvabhā-vāda-nityeṣu (नित्यो-ष्वभा-वाद-नित्येषु) + bhāvāt (भावात्) + kāraṇe (कारणे) + kālākhyeti (कालाख्येति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nityo-ṣvabhā-vāda-nityeṣu (नित्यो-ष्वभा-वाद-नित्येषु) | locative plural | a compound: nityo (नित्यो), ṣvabhā (ष्वभा), honest debate, and eternal. Read it from the end |
| bhāvāt (भावात्) | ablative singular | a state |
| kāraṇe (कारणे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a cause |
| kālākhyeti (कालाख्येति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | kālākhyeta (कालाख्येत) |
The phrases
nityo-ṣvabhā-vāda-nityeṣu (नित्यो-ष्वभा-वाद-नित्येषु) is a compound: nityo (नित्यो), ṣvabhā (ष्वभा), honest debate, and eternal. Read it from the end. It stands as locative plural. bhāvāt (भावात्) is a state. It stands as ablative singular.
kāraṇe (कारणे) is a cause. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. kālākhyeti (कालाख्येति) is kālākhyeta (कालाख्येत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
nityo-ṣvabhā-vāda-nityeṣu (नित्यो-ष्वभा-वाद-नित्येषु) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nityo-ṣvabhā-vāda-nityeṣu (नित्यो-ष्वभा-वाद-नित्येषु) and bhāvāt (भावात्).
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2.2.10. ita (इत), this thus, yatastaddiśya (यतस्तद्दिश्य), a mark.