1.2.3
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.3
अनुपपत्तेस् तु न शारीरः
anupapattes tu na śārīraḥ
The line
But the embodied soul is not meant, because he does not fit.
नेपालीमा
तर शरीरधारी आत्मा भनिएको होइन, किनकि ऊ मिल्दैन।
Where it sits
The prasiddha of 1.2.1 is still the one who does fit. tu contrasts śārīra (शारीर) with him. The same anupapatti was used of the individual at 1.1.17, in another passage.
Split: anupapatteḥ (अनुपपत्तेः) + tu (तु) + na (न) + śārīraḥ (शारीरः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anupapatteḥ (अनुपपत्तेः) | ablative singular, feminine | because of not fitting |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| śārīraḥ (शारीरः) | nominative singular, masculine | the embodied one, the soul in a body |
The phrases
tu turns from the positive fit to the rival. śārīra (शारीर) is the one who has a śarīra (शरीर). anupapatti is the failure of that rival to carry 'all works, all desires, greater than the earth'.
na śārīraḥ (शारीरः) is the conclusion: the embodied one is not the referent. The subject he is failing to be is still the being made of mind.
Sanskrit in this line
anupapatteḥ (अनुपपत्तेः) before tu is recited anupapattes. śārīra (शारीर) is an adjective of the soul, masculine.
Say it back
Gloss śārīra (शारीर), and say one predicate he cannot bear.
Next
1.2.4. The text states an agent and an object, so the meditator is not the one meditated on.