7.2.12
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.12
कर्मभिः कर्माणि गुणैर्गुणा अणुत्व महत्त्वाभ्यामिति
karmabhiḥ karmāṇi guṇairguṇā aṇutva mahattvābhyāmiti
The line
A compound: action, and bhiḥa (भिःअ), acts, by means of guṇairga (गुणैर्ग), a compound: an atom, and the state of being that, in mahattvābhyāmita (महत्त्वाभ्यामित).
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: karma-bhiḥa (कर्म-भिःअ) + karmāṇi (कर्माणि) + guṇairguṇā (गुणैर्गुणा) + aṇu-tva (अणु-त्व) + mahattvābhyāmiti (महत्त्वाभ्यामिति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karma-bhiḥa (कर्म-भिःअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: action, and bhiḥa (भिःअ). Read it from the end |
| karmāṇi (कर्माणि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | acts |
| guṇairguṇā (गुणैर्गुणा) | instrumental singular | guṇairga (गुणैर्ग) |
| aṇu-tva (अणु-त्व) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an atom, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| mahattvābhyāmiti (महत्त्वाभ्यामिति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | mahattvābhyāmita (महत्त्वाभ्यामित) |
The phrases
karma-bhiḥa (कर्म-भिःअ) is a compound: action, and bhiḥa (भिःअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. karmāṇi (कर्माणि) is acts. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter. guṇairguṇā (गुणैर्गुणा) is guṇairga (गुणैर्ग). It stands as instrumental singular.
aṇu-tva (अणु-त्व) is a compound: an atom, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. mahattvābhyāmiti (महत्त्वाभ्यामिति) is mahattvābhyāmita (महत्त्वाभ्यामित). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
mahattvābhyāmiti (महत्त्वाभ्यामिति) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karma-bhiḥa (कर्म-भिःअ) and karmāṇi (कर्माणि).