3.2.18
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.18
अहमिति मुख्ययोग्याभ्यां शब्दवद्व्यतिरेकाव्यभिचाराद्विशेष सिद्धेर्नागमिकः
ahamiti mukhyayogyābhyāṃ śabdavadvyatirekāvyabhicārādviśeṣa siddhernāgamikaḥ
The line
I thus, by means of a compound: primary, and yogya (योग्य), a compound: a word, vadvya (वद्व्य), tire (तिरे), kāvya (काव्य), bhicā (भिचा), rādvi (राद्वि), and the rest, what remains over, siddhernāgamika (सिद्धेर्नागमिक).
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) + mukhya-yogyābhyāṃ (मुख्य-योग्याभ्यां) + śabda-vadvya-tire-kāvya-bhicā-rādvi-śeṣa (शब्द-वद्व्य-तिरे-काव्य-भिचा-राद्वि-शेष) + siddhernāgamikaḥ (सिद्धेर्नागमिकः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| mukhya-yogyābhyāṃ (मुख्य-योग्याभ्यां) | instrumental, dative, or ablative dual | a compound: primary, and yogya (योग्य). Read it from the end |
| śabda-vadvya-tire-kāvya-bhicā-rādvi-śeṣa (शब्द-वद्व्य-तिरे-काव्य-भिचा-राद्वि-शेष) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a word, vadvya (वद्व्य), tire (तिरे), kāvya (काव्य), bhicā (भिचा), rādvi (राद्वि), and the rest, what remains over. Read it from the end |
| siddhernāgamikaḥ (सिद्धेर्नागमिकः) | nominative singular, masculine | siddhernāgamika (सिद्धेर्नागमिक) |
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. mukhya-yogyābhyāṃ (मुख्य-योग्याभ्यां) is a compound: primary, and yogya (योग्य). Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental, dative, or ablative dual.
śabda-vadvya-tire-kāvya-bhicā-rādvi-śeṣa (शब्द-वद्व्य-तिरे-काव्य-भिचा-राद्वि-शेष) is a compound: a word, vadvya (वद्व्य), tire (तिरे), kāvya (काव्य), bhicā (भिचा), rādvi (राद्वि), and the rest, what remains over. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. siddhernāgamikaḥ (सिद्धेर्नागमिकः) is siddhernāgamika (सिद्धेर्नागमिक). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
śabda-vadvya-tire-kāvya-bhicā-rādvi-śeṣa (शब्द-वद्व्य-तिरे-काव्य-भिचा-राद्वि-शेष) 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 mukhya-yogyābhyāṃ (मुख्य-योग्याभ्यां).