5.2.22
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.22
एतेन कर्माणि गुणाश्च व्याख्याताः
etena karmāṇi guṇāśca vyākhyātāḥ
The line
By means of by this, acts, guṇāśca (गुणाश्च), explained.
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: etena (एतेन) + karmāṇi (कर्माणि) + guṇāśca (गुणाश्च) + vyākhyātāḥ (व्याख्याताः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| etena (एतेन) | instrumental singular | by this |
| karmāṇi (कर्माणि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | acts |
| guṇāśca (गुणाश्च) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vyākhyātāḥ (व्याख्याताः) | nominative plural | explained |
The phrases
etena (एतेन) is by this. It stands as instrumental singular. karmāṇi (कर्माणि) is acts. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter.
guṇāśca (गुणाश्च) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vyākhyātāḥ (व्याख्याताः) is explained. It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
vyākhyātāḥ (व्याख्याताः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss etena (एतेन) and karmāṇi (कर्माणि).
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5.2.23. Of niṣkriya (निष्क्रिय), inherence, a compound: action, and bhya (भ्य), niṣiddha (निषिद्ध).