1.1.10
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.1.10
स्वाप्ययात्
svāpyayāt
The line
Because they merge into the self, the cause is Brahman (ब्रह्मन्).
नेपालीमा
तिनीहरू आत्मामा लीन हुने भएकाले कारण ब्रह्म हो।
Where it sits
The cause of 1.1.5, which is the brahman (ब्रह्मन्) of 1.1.2, is still the subject. sva picks up the ātman (आत्मन्) named in 1.1.6.
Split: sva-apyayāt (स्व-अप्ययात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sva-apyayāt (स्व-अप्ययात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because of merging into the self |
The phrases
The passage goes on to sleep and to death. Creatures merge into Being, and from Being they come out again. apyaya is the entering back. sva is one's own, here the self that is the cause.
An unsentient pradhāna (प्रधान) is not that self into which the text says they go. The merging is a mark of the same cause that saw.
Sanskrit in this line
sva plus apyaya: a plus a becomes ā (आ), recited svāpyaya (स्वाप्यय). apyaya is from api plus i, 'to go in upon'.
Say it back
Gloss apyaya as the return of creatures into the cause.
Next
1.1.11. The order of coming forth matches the other texts that give the cause a mind.