6.2.16
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.2.16
आत्मकर्मसु मोक्षो व्याख्यातः
ātmakarmasu mokṣo vyākhyātaḥ
The line
ātmakarmasu (आत्मकर्मसु), release, explained.
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 6. The Veda's sentences, and how dharma (धर्म) and adharma (अधर्म) are known. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: ātmakarmasu (आत्मकर्मसु) + mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) + vyākhyātaḥ (व्याख्यातः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ātmakarmasu (आत्मकर्मसु) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | release |
| vyākhyātaḥ (व्याख्यातः) | nominative singular, masculine | explained |
The phrases
ātmakarmasu (आत्मकर्मसु) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) is release. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it mokṣo (मोक्षो).
vyākhyātaḥ (व्याख्यातः) is explained. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
ātmakarmasu (आत्मकर्मसु) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it mokṣo (मोक्षो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ātmakarmasu (आत्मकर्मसु) and mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः).