5.2.1
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.1
नोदनाभिघातात् संयुक्तसंयोगाच्च पृथिव्यां कर्म
nodanābhighātāt saṃyuktasaṃyogācca pṛthivyāṃ karma
The line
Not because of udanābhighāta (उदनाभिघात), saṃyuktasaṃyogācca (संयुक्तसंयोगाच्च), of pṛthivya (पृथिव्य), an action.
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 5. Action: movement in the hand, and what sets a thing moving. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: na (न) + udanābhighātāt (उदनाभिघातात्) + saṃyuktasaṃyogācca (संयुक्तसंयोगाच्च) + pṛthivyāṃ (पृथिव्यां) + karma (कर्म)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| udanābhighātāt (उदनाभिघातात्) | ablative singular | udanābhighāta (उदनाभिघात) |
| saṃyuktasaṃyogācca (संयुक्तसंयोगाच्च) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| pṛthivyāṃ (पृथिव्यां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | pṛthivya (पृथिव्य) |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. udanābhighātāt (उदनाभिघातात्) is udanābhighāta (उदनाभिघात). It stands as ablative singular. saṃyuktasaṃyogācca (संयुक्तसंयोगाच्च) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
pṛthivyāṃ (पृथिव्यां) is pṛthivya (पृथिव्य). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃyuktasaṃyogācca (संयुक्तसंयोगाच्च) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss udanābhighātāt (उदनाभिघातात्) and saṃyuktasaṃyogācca (संयुक्तसंयोगाच्च).
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5.2.2. A compound: tadvi (तद्वि), śeṣeṇā (शेषेणा), seen, and kārita (कारित).