9.2.6
Vaiśeṣika Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.2.6
आत्मनः संयोगविशेषात् संस्काराच्च स्मृतिः
ātmanaḥ saṃyogaviśeṣāt saṃskārācca smṛtiḥ
The line
Of of the self, from the self, because of a compound: conjunction, and a difference, saṃskārācca (संस्काराच्च), memory.
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: ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) + saṃyoga-viśeṣāt (संयोग-विशेषात्) + saṃskārācca (संस्काराच्च) + smṛtiḥ (स्मृतिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) | genitive or ablative singular | of the self, from the self |
| saṃyoga-viśeṣāt (संयोग-विशेषात्) | ablative singular | a compound: conjunction, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| saṃskārācca (संस्काराच्च) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| smṛtiḥ (स्मृतिः) | nominative singular | memory |
The phrases
ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) is of the self, from the self. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. saṃyoga-viśeṣāt (संयोग-विशेषात्) is a compound: conjunction, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
saṃskārācca (संस्काराच्च) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. smṛtiḥ (स्मृतिः) is memory. It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃyoga-viśeṣāt (संयोग-विशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) and saṃyoga-viśeṣāt (संयोग-विशेषात्).