5.2.11
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.11
अपां संयोगाद्विभागाच्च स्तनयित्नोः
apāṃ saṃyogādvibhāgācca stanayitnoḥ
The line
Of water, saṃyogādvibhāgācca (संयोगाद्विभागाच्च), of stanayitna (स्तनयित्न).
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: apāṃ (अपां) + saṃyogādvibhāgācca (संयोगाद्विभागाच्च) + stanayitnoḥ (स्तनयित्नोः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| apāṃ (अपां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | water |
| saṃyogādvibhāgācca (संयोगाद्विभागाच्च) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| stanayitnoḥ (स्तनयित्नोः) | genitive or ablative singular | stanayitna (स्तनयित्न) |
The phrases
apāṃ (अपां) is water. It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. saṃyogādvibhāgācca (संयोगाद्विभागाच्च) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
stanayitnoḥ (स्तनयित्नोः) is stanayitna (स्तनयित्न). It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃyogādvibhāgācca (संयोगाद्विभागाच्च) 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 apāṃ (अपां) and saṃyogādvibhāgācca (संयोगाद्विभागाच्च).