8.2.6
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.2.6
तथापस्तेजो वायुश्च रसरूपस्पर्शाविशेषात्
tathāpastejo vāyuśca rasarūpasparśāviśeṣāt
The line
A compound: so, water, and teja (तेज), vāyuśca (वायुश्च), because of a compound: taste, a form, touch, and no difference.
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 8. Knowing as it resides in substances. Perception, and what it does not reach. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: tathā-āpas-tejaḥ (तथा-आपस्-तेजः) + vāyuśca (वायुश्च) + rasa-rūpa-sparśa-aviśeṣāt (रस-रूप-स्पर्श-अविशेषात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tathā-āpas-tejaḥ (तथा-आपस्-तेजः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: so, water, and teja (तेज). Read it from the end |
| vāyuśca (वायुश्च) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| rasa-rūpa-sparśa-aviśeṣāt (रस-रूप-स्पर्श-अविशेषात्) | ablative singular | a compound: taste, a form, touch, and no difference. Read it from the end |
The phrases
tathā-āpas-tejaḥ (तथा-आपस्-तेजः) is a compound: so, water, and teja (तेज). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it tathāpastejo (तथापस्तेजो). vāyuśca (वायुश्च) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
rasa-rūpa-sparśa-aviśeṣāt (रस-रूप-स्पर्श-अविशेषात्) is a compound: taste, a form, touch, and no difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
rasa-rūpa-sparśa-aviśeṣāt (रस-रूप-स्पर्श-अविशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it tathāpastejo (तथापस्तेजो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tathā-āpas-tejaḥ (तथा-आपस्-तेजः) and vāyuśca (वायुश्च).
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9.1.1. Because of a compound: an act, a quality, a designation, and absence, prāgasat (प्रागसत्).