1.1.26
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.1.26
छन्दोऽभिधानान् नेति चेन् न तथा चेतोऽर्पणनिगदात् तथा हि दर्शनम्
chando 'bhidhānān neti cen na tathā ceto 'rpaṇanigadāt tathā hi darśanam
The line
If you say it is not Brahman (ब्रह्मन्) because a metre is named, no: the mind is said to be placed on it as Brahman (ब्रह्मन्), and another text shows the same.
नेपालीमा
यदि छन्दको नाम लिइएकाले यो ब्रह्म होइन भन्छौ भने, होइन। मन त्यसमा ब्रह्मका रूपमा राखिन्छ भनिएको छ, र अर्को पाठले पनि त्यही देखाउँछ।
Where it sits
jyotiḥ (ज्योतिः) from 1.1.25 is the subject of both na's. tathā (तथा) means 'as that brahman (ब्रह्मन्)', not as the metre. The two tathā (तथा)'s belong to the reply.
Split: chandaḥ-abhidhānāt (छन्दः-अभिधानात्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्) + na (न) + tathā (तथा) + cetaḥ-arpaṇa-nigadāt (चेतः-अर्पण-निगदात्) + tathā (तथा) + hi (हि) + darśanam (दर्शनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| chandaḥ-abhidhānāt (छन्दः-अभिधानात्) | ablative singular, neuter | because of the naming of a metre |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. The objection's word |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if |
| na (न) | indeclinable | no. The reply |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, as Brahman (ब्रह्मन्) |
| cetaḥ-arpaṇa-nigadāt (चेतः-अर्पण-निगदात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because of the statement that the mind is set upon it |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in the same way |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for |
| darśanam (दर्शनम्) | nominative singular, neuter | a showing, another text that sees it the same way |
The phrases
The objection: feet and quarters are how one talks about the metre Gāyatrī (गायत्री), a chandas. So the passage is metrics, not brahman (ब्रह्मन्). cet marks that objection, and its na is inside the iti.
The reply's na: the text tells one to place the mind, cetas, on that light. arpaṇa (अर्पण) is the placing. nigada is the statement of it. One does not set the mind on a metre in order to reach the light beyond heaven. And another passage shows the same light as the light of lights. That showing is darśanam (दर्शनम्).
Sanskrit in this line
chandaḥ (छन्दः) plus abhidhāna (अभिधान) is one compound, recited with o and a dropped a: chando 'bhidhānāt (भिधानात्). The pāṭha (पाठ) then joins it to na as chando 'bhidhānān (भिधानान्). cetaḥ (चेतः) plus arpaṇa (अर्पण) is recited ceto 'rpaṇa (र्पण). Keep arpaṇa-nigada (अर्पण-निगद) inside the one ablative.
Say it back
Separate the objection from the reply before you go on. The reply has three words to hold: tathā (तथा), ceto'rpaṇa (र्पण), darśanam (दर्शनम्).
Next
1.1.27. Earth and the other elements as feet fit Brahman (ब्रह्मन्), and they fit in this way.