1.3.1
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.3.1
द्युभ्वाद्यायतनं स्वशब्दात्
dyubhvādyāyatanaṃ svaśabdāt
The line
The abode of heaven, earth, and the rest is Brahman (ब्रह्मन्), because the text's own word says so.
नेपालीमा
स्वर्ग, पृथ्वी र बाँकीको आश्रय ब्रह्म हो, किनकि पाठको आफ्नै शब्दले त्यसो भन्छ।
Where it sits
A new passage. brahman (ब्रह्मन्) from 1.1.1 is the predicate, by the agreement of 1.1.4. The three agree the abode is not the pradhāna (प्रधान). They differ, as at 1.1.2, on what kind of cause that brahman (ब्रह्मन्) is.
Split: dyu-bhū-ādi-āyatanam (द्यु-भू-आदि-आयतनम्) + sva-śabdāt (स्व-शब्दात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dyu-bhū-ādi-āyatanam (द्यु-भू-आदि-आयतनम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the abode of heaven, earth, and what follows them |
| sva-śabdāt (स्व-शब्दात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because of its own word |
The phrases
The passage is the Muṇḍaka (मुण्डक) verse: that in which heaven, earth, and the midspace are woven, together with the mind and all the breaths. Know that one self. Leave other words. He is the bridge of the deathless.
dyu is heaven, bhū (भू) is earth, ādi (आदि) takes in the midspace. āyatana (आयतन) is the abode. Its own word, sva-śabda (स्व-शब्द), is ātman (आत्मन्), which the verse spends. The abode is brahman (ब्रह्मन्), not the pradhāna (प्रधान).
Sanskrit in this line
dyu plus bhū (भू) is dyubhū (द्युभू), then ādi (आदि): dyubhvādi (द्युभ्वादि), v coming from the sandhi of ū (ऊ) plus a vowel in the recited form dyubhv. The nominative of āyatana (आयतन) is neuter -am. śabda (शब्द) is masculine.
Say it back
Say the verse's picture: heaven, earth, and midspace woven in one, and the word for it is self.
Next
1.3.2. The released are said to approach it, so the abode is Brahman (ब्रह्मन्).