6.2.5
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.2.5
यदिष्टरूपरसगन्धस्पर्शं प्रोक्षितमभ्युक्षितं च तच्छुचि
yadiṣṭarūparasagandhasparśaṃ prokṣitamabhyukṣitaṃ ca tacchuci
The line
A compound: if, ṣṭarūpa (ष्टरूप), taste, smell, and touch, prokṣitamabhyukṣita (प्रोक्षितमभ्युक्षित) and, in tacchuca (तच्छुच).
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: yadi-ṣṭarūpa-rasa-gandha-sparśaṃ (यदि-ष्टरूप-रस-गन्ध-स्पर्शं) + prokṣitamabhyukṣitaṃ (प्रोक्षितमभ्युक्षितं) + ca (च) + tacchuci (तच्छुचि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yadi-ṣṭarūpa-rasa-gandha-sparśaṃ (यदि-ष्टरूप-रस-गन्ध-स्पर्शं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: if, ṣṭarūpa (ष्टरूप), taste, smell, and touch. Read it from the end |
| prokṣitamabhyukṣitaṃ (प्रोक्षितमभ्युक्षितं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | prokṣitamabhyukṣita (प्रोक्षितमभ्युक्षित) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tacchuci (तच्छुचि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | tacchuca (तच्छुच) |
The phrases
yadi-ṣṭarūpa-rasa-gandha-sparśaṃ (यदि-ष्टरूप-रस-गन्ध-स्पर्शं) is a compound: if, ṣṭarūpa (ष्टरूप), taste, smell, and touch. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. prokṣitamabhyukṣitaṃ (प्रोक्षितमभ्युक्षितं) is prokṣitamabhyukṣita (प्रोक्षितमभ्युक्षित). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. tacchuci (तच्छुचि) is tacchuca (तच्छुच). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
yadi-ṣṭarūpa-rasa-gandha-sparśaṃ (यदि-ष्टरूप-रस-गन्ध-स्पर्शं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yadi-ṣṭarūpa-rasa-gandha-sparśaṃ (यदि-ष्टरूप-रस-गन्ध-स्पर्शं) and prokṣitamabhyukṣitaṃ (प्रोक्षितमभ्युक्षितं).
Next
6.2.6. In aśucīta (अशुचीत), a compound: śuci (शुचि), and a denial.