1.1.31
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.1.31
शास्त्रदृष्ट्या तूपदेशो वामदेववत्
śāstradṛṣṭyā tūpadeśo vāmadevavat
The line
But the teaching is from the standpoint of scripture, as in Vāmadeva (वामदेव)'s case.
नेपालीमा
तर शिक्षा शास्त्रको दृष्टिबाट हो, जस्तै वामदेवको उदाहरणमा।
Where it sits
upadeśaḥ (उपदेशः) is the speech of 1.1.29, the one the previous line refused to leave as a private self. tu contrasts with the objection in 1.1.30. The three readings agree the 'I' is not a private boast. They differ on whether that 'I' is identity, the inner self, or the lord speaking of his rule.
Split: śāstra-dṛṣṭyā (शास्त्र-दृष्ट्या) + tu (तु) + upadeśaḥ (उपदेशः) + vāmadeva-vat (वामदेव-वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śāstra-dṛṣṭyā (शास्त्र-दृष्ट्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by the view of scripture, from scripture's standpoint |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but |
| upadeśaḥ (उपदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | the teaching |
| vāmadeva-vat (वामदेव-वत्) | indeclinable | like Vāmadeva (वामदेव) |
The phrases
Vāmadeva (वामदेव), in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka (बृहदारण्यक), says he was Manu and the sun. That 'I' is not a private memory. It is spoken from the knowing the text is teaching. vat means 'like'.
tu turns from the objection. upadeśa (उपदेश) is Indra's teaching. It is given śāstradṛṣṭyā (शास्त्रदृष्ट्या): the speaker takes the standpoint of the self the scripture is pointing at, and speaks as that.
Sanskrit in this line
dṛṣṭi (दृष्टि) is feminine, so the instrumental is dṛṣṭyā (दृष्ट्या). tu plus u of upadeśa (उपदेश) is tū (तू). -vat does not decline.
Say it back
Gloss vāmadevavat (वामदेववत्) as the pattern for a scriptural 'I', and keep it for the next line.