7.1.16
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.16
अणुत्वमहत्त्वाभ्यां कर्मगुणाश्च व्याख्याताः
aṇutvamahattvābhyāṃ karmaguṇāśca vyākhyātāḥ
The line
By means of aṇutvamahattva (अणुत्वमहत्त्व), a compound: action, and guṇāśca (गुणाश्च), explained.
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. The qualities, taken up again: number, measure, conjunction, and the rest. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: aṇutvamahattvābhyāṃ (अणुत्वमहत्त्वाभ्यां) + karma-guṇāśca (कर्म-गुणाश्च) + vyākhyātāḥ (व्याख्याताः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aṇutvamahattvābhyāṃ (अणुत्वमहत्त्वाभ्यां) | instrumental, dative, or ablative dual | aṇutvamahattva (अणुत्वमहत्त्व) |
| karma-guṇāśca (कर्म-गुणाश्च) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: action, and guṇāśca (गुणाश्च). Read it from the end |
| vyākhyātāḥ (व्याख्याताः) | nominative plural | explained |
The phrases
aṇutvamahattvābhyāṃ (अणुत्वमहत्त्वाभ्यां) is aṇutvamahattva (अणुत्वमहत्त्व). It stands as instrumental, dative, or ablative dual. karma-guṇāśca (कर्म-गुणाश्च) is a compound: action, and guṇāśca (गुणाश्च). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
vyākhyātāḥ (व्याख्याताः) is explained. It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
aṇutvamahattvābhyāṃ (अणुत्वमहत्त्वाभ्यां) is instrumental, dative, or ablative dual. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aṇutvamahattvābhyāṃ (अणुत्वमहत्त्वाभ्यां) and karma-guṇāśca (कर्म-गुणाश्च).
Next
7.1.17. By means of by this, dīrghatva (दीर्घत्व), in hrasvatva (ह्रस्वत्व), in explained.