1.2.18
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.18
अनवस्थितेरसंभवाच् च नेतरः
anavasthiter asaṃbhavāc ca netaraḥ
The line
The other is not meant, because his abode does not hold and because the predicates are impossible for him.
नेपालीमा
अर्को भनिएको होइन, किनकि उसको आश्रय टिक्दैन र ऊमा ती विशेषण असम्भव छन्।
Where it sits
antaraḥ (अन्तरः) from 1.2.13 is the one who remains after itara is denied. This closes Upakosala's person. The next line is the inner ruler, a new passage.
Split: anavasthiteḥ (अनवस्थितेः) + asaṃbhavāt (असंभवात्) + ca (च) + na (न) + itaraḥ (इतरः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anavasthiteḥ (अनवस्थितेः) | ablative singular, feminine | because the abode does not hold, because of non-permanence of place |
| asaṃbhavāt (असंभवात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because of impossibility |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| itaraḥ (इतरः) | nominative singular, masculine | the other |
The phrases
itara here is any of the three rivals: the reflection, the deity of the eye, the embodied soul. The reflection is in the eye only while another face is near. The embodied soul has its seat in the heart, at the root of the senses, not in the eye as its dwelling. The deity is said to rest in the eye by its rays, which is rule from elsewhere, not an abode. That is anavasthiti, no fixed staying.
asaṃbhava (असंभव) is impossibility: deathlessness without conditions, and the leading of all blessings, cannot belong to those three. ca joins the two ablatives. na itaraḥ (इतरः) is the conclusion.
Sanskrit in this line
Two ablatives before the conclusion, joined by ca. asaṃbhavāt (असंभवात्) before ca is heard asaṃbhavāc (असंभवाच्). itaraḥ (इतरः) at the end keeps the visarga.
Say it back
Dismiss the three rivals by name, one reason each, then leave the passage.