Sutra 10
Devanagari script
यदपि शतसहस्रधा विभिन्नं भवति मृदु त्रिभिरेव तन्निषेकैः ॥ कZ_०२.१२.१०च्द् ॥
Transliteration
yadapi śatasahasradhā vibhinnaṃ bhavati mṛdu tribhireva tanniṣekaiḥ
Translation
ແມ່ນແຕ່ວ່າມັນຈະແຕກອອກເປັນຮ້ອຍໆ ແລະພັນໆຊິ້ນ ມັນກໍຈະກາຍເປັນນຸ່ມ ໂດຍພຽງແຕ່ລາດ/ແຊ່ (niṣeka) ດ້ວຍສ່ວນຜະສົມນັ້ນ ພຽງສາມຄັ້ງເທົ່ານັ້ນ।
Word by Word
यदपिalthough, even if
यदपि:
TypeParticle/Conjunction
Rootयद्
Formयद् (relative pronoun base) + अपि (indeclinable); concessive usage = 'although/even if'
शतसहस्रधाin a hundred thousand ways; into innumerable parts
शतसहस्रधा:
TypeAdverb
Rootधा
Formअव्यय; formed with -धा ‘in ... ways’: शत-सहस्र-धा = ‘in a hundred-thousand ways’
विभिन्नम्split, separated, divided
विभिन्नम्:
TypeParticiple (Verbal adjective)
Rootभिद्
Formक्त (past passive participle) of √भिद्; नपुंसकलिङ्गे एकवचनं प्रथमा/द्वितीया; agrees with implied subject (e.g., a substance/mixture)
भवतिbecomes; comes to be
भवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formलट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
मृदुsoft; pliant
मृदु:
TypeAdjective
Rootमृदु
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे एकवचनं प्रथमा/द्वितीया; predicate/qualifier ‘soft’ (agreeing with implied subject)
त्रिभिःwith three; by three
त्रिभिः:
TypeNumeral (Adjectival)
Rootत्रि
Formत्रि-; तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन
एवonly; just; indeed
एव:
TypeParticle
Rootएव
Formनिपात; emphasis/restriction
तत्that (thing); it
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formतद्-; नपुंसकलिङ्गे एकवचनं प्रथमा/द्वितीया; refers back to the implied subject (‘that [thing]’)
निषेकैःby pourings/infusions/sprinklings (applications of liquid)
निषेकैः:
TypeNoun (action noun)
Rootनिषिच्
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘by/with pourings/infusions/sprinklings’
Entities Mentioned
N
niṣeka (pouring/soaking)M
mṛdu (softness)FAQs
It functions like a measurable standard: supervisors can enforce a minimal, repeatable treatment and estimate labor/time and consumables for budgeting.