Sutra 40

Devanagari script

तस्यापिहितकाचकस्योदके निमज्जत एकदेशः सीदति पटलान्तरेषु वा सूच्या भिद्यते ॥ ॥

Transliteration

tasyāpihitakācakasya udake nimajjata ekadeśaḥ sīdati paṭalāntareṣu vā sūcyā bhidyate

Translation

ਕੱਚ ਦੇ ਢੱਕਣ ਨਾਲ ਸੀਲ ਕੀਤੇ ਉਸ ਪੈਕਟ ਨੂੰ ਪਾਣੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਡੁਬੋਣ ‘ਤੇ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਡੁੱਬ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ; ਜਾਂ ਪਰਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਸੂਈ ਨਾਲ ਛੇਦ ਕਰਕੇ (ਜਾਂਚ) ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that (object/thing)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (पुं/नपुं), सर्वनाम

• अपिहित: covered, closed, shut
• Type: Participle
• Root: अपि-धा (√धा)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (समासपूर्वपदत्वेन)

• काचकस्य: of the glass(-covered vessel/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काचक
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग (समासान्तपद)

• उदके: in water
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• निमज्जतः: while (it) sinks / of (it) sinking
• Type: Participle
• Root: नि-मज्ज्
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), षष्ठी-एकवचनम्, पुं/नपुं; ‘तस्य … निमज्जतः’ = ‘while it is sinking’

• एकदेशः: one part, a portion
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकदेश
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग

• सीदति: sinks down, settles
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद्
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• पटलान्तरेषु: in/among the interstices between layers/films
• Type: Noun
• Root: पटल-अन्तर
• Form: सप्तमी-बहुवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय

• सूच्या: with a needle
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूची
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनम्, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• भिद्यते: is pierced / gets pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम् (कर्मणि/मध्यभावे प्रयोगः)

Entities Mentioned

• glass cover/seal
• water immersion test
• needle probe

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