7.1.5
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.5
अनित्येष्वनित्या द्रव्यानित्यत्वात्
anityeṣvanityā dravyānityatvāt
The line
A compound: anityeṣva (अनित्येष्व), and eternal, because of a compound: a substance, not eternal, and the state of being that.
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. apsu (अप्सु) from 7.1.4 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: anityeṣva-nityā (अनित्येष्व-नित्या) + dravya-anitya-tvāt (द्रव्य-अनित्य-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anityeṣva-nityā (अनित्येष्व-नित्या) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: anityeṣva (अनित्येष्व), and eternal. Read it from the end |
| dravya-anitya-tvāt (द्रव्य-अनित्य-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a substance, not eternal, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
anityeṣva-nityā (अनित्येष्व-नित्या) is a compound: anityeṣva (अनित्येष्व), and eternal. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
dravya-anitya-tvāt (द्रव्य-अनित्य-त्वात्) is a compound: a substance, not eternal, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dravya-anitya-tvāt (द्रव्य-अनित्य-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anityeṣva-nityā (अनित्येष्व-नित्या) and dravya-anitya-tvāt (द्रव्य-अनित्य-त्वात्).
Next
7.1.6. A compound: a cause, a quality, and pūrvaka (पूर्वक), of pṛthivya (पृथिव्य), pākaja (पाकज).