9.1.6
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.6
असदिति भूतप्रत्यक्षाभावात् भूतस्मृतेर्विरोधिप्रत्यक्षवत्
asaditi bhūtapratyakṣābhāvāt bhūtasmṛtervirodhipratyakṣavat
The line
In asadita (असदित), because of a compound: an element, direct, and absence, a compound: an element, smṛte (स्मृते), rviro (र्विरो), dhipra (धिप्र), and tyakṣavata (त्यक्षवत).
Where it sits
In Vaiśeṣika (वैशेषिक) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. What is not yet, and the kinds of cognition, including absence. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: asaditi (असदिति) + bhūta-pratyakṣa-abhāvāt (भूत-प्रत्यक्ष-अभावात्) + bhūta-smṛte-rviro-dhipra-tyakṣavata (भूत-स्मृते-र्विरो-धिप्र-त्यक्षवत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| asaditi (असदिति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | asadita (असदित) |
| bhūta-pratyakṣa-abhāvāt (भूत-प्रत्यक्ष-अभावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an element, direct, and absence. Read it from the end |
| bhūta-smṛte-rviro-dhipra-tyakṣavata (भूत-स्मृते-र्विरो-धिप्र-त्यक्षवत) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an element, smṛte (स्मृते), rviro (र्विरो), dhipra (धिप्र), and tyakṣavata (त्यक्षवत). Read it from the end |
The phrases
asaditi (असदिति) is asadita (असदित). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. bhūta-pratyakṣa-abhāvāt (भूत-प्रत्यक्ष-अभावात्) is a compound: an element, direct, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
bhūta-smṛte-rviro-dhipra-tyakṣavata (भूत-स्मृते-र्विरो-धिप्र-त्यक्षवत) is a compound: an element, smṛte (स्मृते), rviro (र्विरो), dhipra (धिप्र), and tyakṣavata (त्यक्षवत). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
bhūta-smṛte-rviro-dhipra-tyakṣavata (भूत-स्मृते-र्विरो-धिप्र-त्यक्षवत) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss asaditi (असदिति) and bhūta-pratyakṣa-abhāvāt (भूत-प्रत्यक्ष-अभावात्).
Next
9.1.7. So, in that way, in in a state, a compound: a state, toward, against, and akṣācca (अक्षाच्च).