7.1.6
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.6
कारणगुणपूर्वकाः पृथिव्यां पाकजाः
kāraṇaguṇapūrvakāḥ pṛthivyāṃ pākajāḥ
The line
A compound: a cause, a quality, and pūrvaka (पूर्वक), of pṛthivya (पृथिव्य), pākaja (पाकज).
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: kāraṇa-guṇa-pūrvakāḥ (कारण-गुण-पूर्वकाः) + pṛthivyāṃ (पृथिव्यां) + pākajāḥ (पाकजाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāraṇa-guṇa-pūrvakāḥ (कारण-गुण-पूर्वकाः) | nominative plural | a compound: a cause, a quality, and pūrvaka (पूर्वक). Read it from the end |
| pṛthivyāṃ (पृथिव्यां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | pṛthivya (पृथिव्य) |
| pākajāḥ (पाकजाः) | nominative plural | pākaja (पाकज) |
The phrases
kāraṇa-guṇa-pūrvakāḥ (कारण-गुण-पूर्वकाः) is a compound: a cause, a quality, and pūrvaka (पूर्वक). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural. pṛthivyāṃ (पृथिव्यां) is pṛthivya (पृथिव्य). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine.
pākajāḥ (पाकजाः) is pākaja (पाकज). It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
kāraṇa-guṇa-pūrvakāḥ (कारण-गुण-पूर्वकाः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāraṇa-guṇa-pūrvakāḥ (कारण-गुण-पूर्वकाः) and pṛthivyāṃ (पृथिव्यां).
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7.1.7. Because of a compound: one, a substance, and the state of being that.