1.2.20
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.20
न च स्मार्तमतद्धर्माभिलापाच् छारीरश् च
na ca smārtam ataddharmābhilāpāc chārīraś ca
The line
And it is not the one known from that smṛti (स्मृति), because the text states attributes which are not his, and it is not the embodied soul.
नेपालीमा
र यो त्यही स्मृतिबाट चिनिएको होइन, किनकि पाठले उसका नभएका गुण बताउँछ, र यो शरीरधारी आत्मा पनि होइन।
Where it sits
antaryāmī (अन्तर्यामी) from 1.2.19 is the one who remains after both are denied. smārta (स्मार्त) is the pradhāna (प्रधान), the same rival as aśabdam (अशब्दम्) in 1.1.5, now faced with this passage.
Split: na (न) + ca (च) + smārtam (स्मार्तम्) + atad-dharma-abhilāpāt (अतद्-धर्म-अभिलापात्) + śārīraḥ (शारीरः) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| smārtam (स्मार्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | what belongs to smṛti (स्मृति), the pradhāna (प्रधान) as the Sāṃkhya (सांख्य) tradition conceives it |
| atad-dharma-abhilāpāt (अतद्-धर्म-अभिलापात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because attributes that are not its attributes are stated |
| śārīraḥ (शारीरः) | nominative singular, masculine | the embodied soul |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
smārta (स्मार्त) is what the remembered Sāṃkhya (सांख्य) system puts forward as the cause. That cause does not see, does not rule, is not the deathless self. The text states seeing, ruling, and deathlessness. Those are atad-dharma (धर्म), attributes it does not have. abhilāpa (अभिलाप) is the stating.
The second ca brings in śārīra (शारीर) under the same na. The embodied soul is not the ruler of all worlds, unknown by all, with all as his body. One na covers both, and the second ca adds the second nominative.
Sanskrit in this line
abhilāpāt (अभिलापात्) before ś (श्) is heard abhilāpāc (अभिलापाच्), and ś (श्) of śārīra (शारीर) is written ch after that c: abhilāpāc (अभिलापाच्) chārīraḥ (छारीरः). śārīraḥ (शारीरः) before ca is recited śārīraś (शारीरश्) ca. smārtam (स्मार्तम्) is neuter, agreeing with pradhāna (प्रधान).
Say it back
Deny two rivals, pradhāna (प्रधान) and soul, with one reason that fits both: the attributes are too large.
Next
1.2.21. Both recensions recite the inner ruler as different from what he indwells.