7.1.19
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.19
नित्ये नित्यम्
nitye nityam
The line
In eternal, always.
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. The qualities, taken up again: number, measure, conjunction, and the rest. The line is short. anitye (अनित्ये) from 7.1.18 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: nitye (नित्ये) + nityam (नित्यम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nitye (नित्ये) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | eternal |
| nityam (नित्यम्) | indeclinable | always |
The phrases
nitye (नित्ये) is eternal. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
nityam (नित्यम्) is always. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
nityam (नित्यम्) is indeclinable. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nitye (नित्ये) and nityam (नित्यम्).