3.2.9
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.9
अहमिति शब्दस्य व्यतिरेकान्नागमिकम्
ahamiti śabdasya vyatirekānnāgamikam
The line
I thus, of a word, vyatirekānnāgamika (व्यतिरेकान्नागमिक).
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) + śabdasya (शब्दस्य) + vyatirekānnāgamikam (व्यतिरेकान्नागमिकम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| śabdasya (शब्दस्य) | genitive singular | a word |
| vyatirekānnāgamikam (व्यतिरेकान्नागमिकम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | vyatirekānnāgamika (व्यतिरेकान्नागमिक) |
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.
śabdasya (शब्दस्य) is a word. It stands as genitive singular. vyatirekānnāgamikam (व्यतिरेकान्नागमिकम्) is vyatirekānnāgamika (व्यतिरेकान्नागमिक). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
vyatirekānnāgamikam (व्यतिरेकान्नागमिकम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as ahamiti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aham (अहम्) and śabdasya (शब्दस्य).