1.1.18
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.1.18
भेदव्यपदेशाच् च
bhedavyapadeśāc ca
The line
And because the text states a difference, the blissful one is not the individual soul.
नेपालीमा
र पाठले भेद बताएकाले आनन्दमय जीवात्मा होइन।
Where it sits
itaraḥ (इतरः) from 1.1.17 is still the one being set aside. The difference stated is inside the Taittirīya (तैत्तिरीय) bliss passage, not a new text.
Split: bheda-vyapadeśāt (भेद-व्यपदेशात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bheda-vyapadeśāt (भेद-व्यपदेशात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because a difference is stated |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
The Taittirīya (तैत्तिरीय) says he enjoys all desires together with the intelligent brahman (ब्रह्मन्). 'Together with' is a difference. The enjoyer and the one he is with are not the same grammatical person.
If ānandamaya (आनन्दमय) were only that enjoyer, the sentence would have no second term. ca adds this statement of difference to the unfitness in the previous line.
Sanskrit in this line
bheda-vyapadeśa (भेद-व्यपदेश) is 'the naming of a difference'. Before ca, t is heard as c.
Say it back
Remember the phrase 'together with the intelligent brahman (ब्रह्मन्)' as the difference this line uses.
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