3.2.17
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.17
न तु शरीरविशेषाद्यज्ञदत्त विष्णुमित्रयोर्ज्ञानविषयः
na tu śarīraviśeṣādyajñadatta viṣṇumitrayorjñānaviṣayaḥ
The line
Not but, a compound: the body, viśe (विशे), ṣādya (षाद्य), and jñadatta (ज्ञदत्त), a compound: viṣṇu (विष्णु), mitra (मित्र), yorjñāna (योर्ज्ञान), and an object.
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. The objects of the senses are established, and the self is inferred. The line is short. sandigdhastūpacāraḥ (सन्दिग्धस्तूपचारः) from 3.2.16 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + tu (तु) + śarīra-viśe-ṣādya-jñadatta (शरीर-विशे-षाद्य-ज्ञदत्त) + viṣṇu-mitra-yorjñāna-viṣayaḥ (विष्णु-मित्र-योर्ज्ञान-विषयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| śarīra-viśe-ṣādya-jñadatta (शरीर-विशे-षाद्य-ज्ञदत्त) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the body, viśe (विशे), ṣādya (षाद्य), and jñadatta (ज्ञदत्त). Read it from the end |
| viṣṇu-mitra-yorjñāna-viṣayaḥ (विष्णु-मित्र-योर्ज्ञान-विषयः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: viṣṇu (विष्णु), mitra (मित्र), yorjñāna (योर्ज्ञान), and an object. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
śarīra-viśe-ṣādya-jñadatta (शरीर-विशे-षाद्य-ज्ञदत्त) is a compound: the body, viśe (विशे), ṣādya (षाद्य), and jñadatta (ज्ञदत्त). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. viṣṇu-mitra-yorjñāna-viṣayaḥ (विष्णु-मित्र-योर्ज्ञान-विषयः) is a compound: viṣṇu (विष्णु), mitra (मित्र), yorjñāna (योर्ज्ञान), and an object. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
viṣṇu-mitra-yorjñāna-viṣayaḥ (विष्णु-मित्र-योर्ज्ञान-विषयः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śarīra-viśe-ṣādya-jñadatta (शरीर-विशे-षाद्य-ज्ञदत्त) and viṣṇu-mitra-yorjñāna-viṣayaḥ (विष्णु-मित्र-योर्ज्ञान-विषयः).