3.2.6
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.6
यज्ञदत्त इति सन्निकर्षे प्रत्यक्षाभावात् दृष्टं लिङ्गं न विद्यते
yajñadatta iti sannikarṣe pratyakṣābhāvāt dṛṣṭaṃ liṅgaṃ na vidyate
The line
A compound: a sacrifice, and datta (दत्त) thus, in contact, because of a compound: direct, and absence, seen, a mark, not is found.
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: yajña-dattaḥ (यज्ञ-दत्तः) + iti (इति) + sannikarṣe (सन्निकर्षे) + pratyakṣa-abhāvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-अभावात्) + dṛṣṭaṃ (दृष्टं) + liṅgaṃ (लिङ्गं) + na (न) + vidyate (विद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yajña-dattaḥ (यज्ञ-दत्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a sacrifice, and datta (दत्त). Read it from the end |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| sannikarṣe (सन्निकर्षे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | contact |
| pratyakṣa-abhāvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-अभावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: direct, and absence. Read it from the end |
| dṛṣṭaṃ (दृष्टं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | seen |
| liṅgaṃ (लिङ्गं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a mark |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vidyate (विद्यते) | present, third person singular | is found |
The phrases
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 yajñadatta (यज्ञदत्त). iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. sannikarṣe (सन्निकर्षे) is contact. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. pratyakṣa-abhāvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-अभावात्) is a compound: direct, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
dṛṣṭaṃ (दृष्टं) is seen. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. liṅgaṃ (लिङ्गं) is a mark. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vidyate (विद्यते) is is found. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pratyakṣa-abhāvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-अभावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it yajñadatta (यज्ञदत्त).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yajña-dattaḥ (यज्ञ-दत्तः) and sannikarṣe (सन्निकर्षे).
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