7.2.10
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.10
एतेन विभागो व्याख्यातः
etena vibhāgo vyākhyātaḥ
The line
By means of by this, disjunction, 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: etena (एतेन) + vibhāgaḥ (विभागः) + vyākhyātaḥ (व्याख्यातः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| etena (एतेन) | instrumental singular | by this |
| vibhāgaḥ (विभागः) | nominative singular, masculine | disjunction |
| vyākhyātaḥ (व्याख्यातः) | nominative singular, masculine | explained |
The phrases
etena (एतेन) is by this. It stands as instrumental singular. vibhāgaḥ (विभागः) is disjunction. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vibhāgo (विभागो).
vyākhyātaḥ (व्याख्यातः) is explained. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
vyākhyātaḥ (व्याख्यातः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vibhāgo (विभागो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss etena (एतेन) and vibhāgaḥ (विभागः).