3.2.14
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.14
अहमिति प्रत्यगात्मनि भावात् परत्राभावादर्थान्तर प्रत्यक्षः
ahamiti pratyagātmani bhāvāt paratrābhāvādarthāntara pratyakṣaḥ
The line
I thus, in the inward self, because of a state, a compound: another, the higher, trābhā (त्राभा), honest debate, rthā (र्था), and ntara (न्तर), direct.
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: aham (अहम्) + iti (इति) + pratyagātmani (प्रत्यगात्मनि) + bhāvāt (भावात्) + para-trābhā-vāda-rthā-ntara (पर-त्राभा-वाद-र्था-न्तर) + pratyakṣaḥ (प्रत्यक्षः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| pratyagātmani (प्रत्यगात्मनि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | the inward self |
| bhāvāt (भावात्) | ablative singular | a state |
| para-trābhā-vāda-rthā-ntara (पर-त्राभा-वाद-र्था-न्तर) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: another, the higher, trābhā (त्राभा), honest debate, rthā (र्था), and ntara (न्तर). Read it from the end |
| pratyakṣaḥ (प्रत्यक्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | direct |
The phrases
aham (अहम्) is I. It stands as nominative singular. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as ahamiti. pratyagātmani (प्रत्यगात्मनि) is the inward self. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
bhāvāt (भावात्) is a state. It stands as ablative singular. para-trābhā-vāda-rthā-ntara (पर-त्राभा-वाद-र्था-न्तर) is a compound: another, the higher, trābhā (त्राभा), honest debate, rthā (र्था), and ntara (न्तर). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. pratyakṣaḥ (प्रत्यक्षः) is direct. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
para-trābhā-vāda-rthā-ntara (पर-त्राभा-वाद-र्था-न्तर) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as ahamiti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aham (अहम्) and pratyagātmani (प्रत्यगात्मनि).