1.2.21
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.21
उभयेऽपि हि भेदेनैनमधीयते
ubhaye 'pi hi bhedenainam adhīyate
The line
For both recensions also recite him as different.
नेपालीमा
किनकि दुवै शाखाले पनि उसलाई फरक भनेर पढाउँछन्।
Where it sits
enam is the antaryāmī (अन्तर्यामी) of 1.2.19. The difference is the text's own 'other than', which is where Śaṅkara (शङ्कर), Rāmānuja (रामानुज), and Madhva divide, as said on that line. This line only records that both recensions have the difference.
Split: ubhaye (उभये) + api (अपि) + hi (हि) + bhedena (भेदेन) + enam (एनम्) + adhīyate (अधीयते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ubhaye (उभये) | nominative dual, masculine | both |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for |
| bhedena (भेदेन) | instrumental singular, masculine | with a difference, as distinct |
| enam (एनम्) | accusative singular, masculine | him |
| adhīyate (अधीयते) | present, third person singular, ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद) | recites, studies the text as. The form is singular. The tradition takes it with both recensions |
The phrases
ubhaye are the two śākhās (शाखास्) of the Vājasaneyi (वाजसनेयि), the Kāṇva (काण्व) and the Mādhyandina (माध्यन्दिन). Both read the inner ruler as other than earth, other than the self he rules. bhedena is that 'as different'.
enam is the antaryāmin (अन्तर्यामिन्). adhīyate (अधीयते), though passive in form, is the ordinary word for 'they recite'. hi says this is there in the text, not added by the sūtra (सूत्र). The Mādhyandina (माध्यन्दिन) adds sections on all worlds, all Vedas, all sacrifices, and says 'he who dwells in the self, whom the self does not know'. The Kāṇva (काण्व) says the same difference of the one who dwells in understanding.
Sanskrit in this line
ubhaye before api drops a and is recited ubhaye 'pi. bhedena plus enam joins as bhedenainam. The verb is dual because ubhaye is dual.
Say it back
Name the two recensions, and say that both keep 'other than'.