5.2.8
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.8
अपां सङ्घातो विलयनं च तेजः संयोगात्
apāṃ saṅghāto vilayanaṃ ca tejaḥ saṃyogāt
The line
Of water, saṅghāta (सङ्घात), vilayana (विलयन) and, teja (तेज), because of conjunction.
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) + saṅghāto (सङ्घातो) + vilayanaṃ (विलयनं) + ca (च) + tejaḥ (तेजः) + saṃyogāt (संयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| apāṃ (अपां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | water |
| saṅghāto (सङ्घातो) | nominative singular, masculine | saṅghāta (सङ्घात) |
| vilayanaṃ (विलयनं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | vilayana (विलयन) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tejaḥ (तेजः) | nominative singular, masculine | teja (तेज) |
| saṃyogāt (संयोगात्) | ablative singular | conjunction |
The phrases
apāṃ (अपां) is water. It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. saṅghāto (सङ्घातो) is saṅghāta (सङ्घात). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vilayanaṃ (विलयनं) is vilayana (विलयन). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. tejaḥ (तेजः) is teja (तेज). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. saṃyogāt (संयोगात्) is conjunction. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vilayanaṃ (विलयनं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss apāṃ (अपां) and saṅghāto (सङ्घातो).