3.2.12
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.12
देवदत्तो गच्छति यज्ञदत्तो गच्छतीत्युपचाराच्छरीरे प्रत्ययः
devadatto gacchati yajñadatto gacchatītyupacārāccharīre pratyayaḥ
The line
devadatta (देवदत्त), goes, a compound: a sacrifice, and datta (दत्त), in gacchatītyupacārāccharīra (गच्छतीत्युपचाराच्छरीर), a condition.
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. The objects of the senses are established, and the self is inferred. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: devadatto (देवदत्तो) + gacchati (गच्छति) + yajña-dattaḥ (यज्ञ-दत्तः) + gacchatītyupacārāccharīre (गच्छतीत्युपचाराच्छरीरे) + pratyayaḥ (प्रत्ययः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| devadatto (देवदत्तो) | nominative singular, masculine | devadatta (देवदत्त) |
| gacchati (गच्छति) | present, third person singular | goes |
| yajña-dattaḥ (यज्ञ-दत्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a sacrifice, and datta (दत्त). Read it from the end |
| gacchatītyupacārāccharīre (गच्छतीत्युपचाराच्छरीरे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | gacchatītyupacārāccharīra (गच्छतीत्युपचाराच्छरीर) |
| pratyayaḥ (प्रत्ययः) | nominative singular, masculine | a condition |
The phrases
devadatto (देवदत्तो) is devadatta (देवदत्त). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. gacchati (गच्छति) is goes. It stands as present, third person singular. yajña-dattaḥ (यज्ञ-दत्तः) is a compound: a sacrifice, and datta (दत्त). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it yajñadatto (यज्ञदत्तो).
gacchatītyupacārāccharīre (गच्छतीत्युपचाराच्छरीरे) is gacchatītyupacārāccharīra (गच्छतीत्युपचाराच्छरीर). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. pratyayaḥ (प्रत्ययः) is a condition. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
gacchatītyupacārāccharīre (गच्छतीत्युपचाराच्छरीरे) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it yajñadatto (यज्ञदत्तो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss devadatto (देवदत्तो) and gacchati (गच्छति).