6.2.8
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.2.8
अयतस्य शुचिभोजनादभ्युदयो न विद्यते नियमाभावाद् विद्यते वार्ऽथान्तरत्वाद् यमस्य
ayatasya śucibhojanādabhyudayo na vidyate niyamābhāvād vidyate vār'thāntaratvād yamasya
The line
Of ayata (अयत), śucibhojanādabhyudaya (शुचिभोजनादभ्युदय), not is found, because of a compound: a restriction, and absence, is found, because of vār'thāntaratva (वार्ऽथान्तरत्व), whom, of of this.
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: ayatasya (अयतस्य) + śucibhojanādabhyudayo (शुचिभोजनादभ्युदयो) + na (न) + vidyate (विद्यते) + niyama-abhāvāt (नियम-अभावात्) + vidyate (विद्यते) + vār'thāntaratvād (वार्ऽथान्तरत्वाद्) + yam (यम्) + asya (अस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ayatasya (अयतस्य) | genitive singular | ayata (अयत) |
| śucibhojanādabhyudayo (शुचिभोजनादभ्युदयो) | nominative singular, masculine | śucibhojanādabhyudaya (शुचिभोजनादभ्युदय) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vidyate (विद्यते) | present, third person singular | is found |
| niyama-abhāvāt (नियम-अभावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a restriction, and absence. Read it from the end |
| vidyate (विद्यते) | present, third person singular | is found |
| vār'thāntaratvād (वार्ऽथान्तरत्वाद्) | ablative singular | vār'thāntaratva (वार्ऽथान्तरत्व) |
| yam (यम्) | accusative singular, masculine | whom |
| asya (अस्य) | genitive singular | of this |
The phrases
ayatasya (अयतस्य) is ayata (अयत). It stands as genitive singular. śucibhojanādabhyudayo (शुचिभोजनादभ्युदयो) is śucibhojanādabhyudaya (शुचिभोजनादभ्युदय). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vidyate (विद्यते) is is found. It stands as present, third person singular. niyama-abhāvāt (नियम-अभावात्) is a compound: a restriction, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it niyamābhāvād (नियमाभावाद्).
vidyate (विद्यते) is is found. It stands as present, third person singular. vār'thāntaratvād (वार्ऽथान्तरत्वाद्) is vār'thāntaratva (वार्ऽथान्तरत्व). It stands as ablative singular. yam (यम्) is whom. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. asya (अस्य) is of this. It stands as genitive singular. The line joins them as yamasya.
Sanskrit in this line
The apostrophe is an avagraha. It marks an a that sandhi dropped. The sitting puts that a back. The line writes it niyamābhāvād (नियमाभावाद्). The line joins them as yamasya.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ayatasya (अयतस्य) and śucibhojanādabhyudayo (शुचिभोजनादभ्युदयो).