1.3.11
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.3.11
अन्यभावव्यावृत्तेश् च
anyabhāvavyāvṛtteś ca
The line
And because other natures are turned away, the imperishable is Brahman (ब्रह्मन्).
नेपालीमा
र अरू स्वभाव हटाइएकाले अक्षर ब्रह्म हो।
Where it sits
akṣaram (अक्षरम्) from 1.3.9 is still the subject. The divide on these negations is the one named there: removal of all qualities, or removal of defects. This line states the exclusion. It does not decide that fight by itself.
Split: anya-bhāva-vyāvṛtteḥ (अन्य-भाव-व्यावृत्तेः) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anya-bhāva-vyāvṛtteḥ (अन्य-भाव-व्यावृत्तेः) | ablative singular, feminine | because other natures are excluded |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
The text says: not coarse, not fine, not short, not long, not red, not adhesive, without shadow, without darkness, without air, without space, unattached, without taste, without smell, without eye, without ear, without speech, without mind, without light, without breath, without mouth, without measure, without inside, without outside. It eats nothing, and nothing eats it.
That list is vyāvṛtti (व्यावृत्ति), an exclusion, of anya-bhāva (अन्य-भाव), natures other than brahman (ब्रह्मन्). A pradhāna (प्रधान) built of the three strands is not described by the exclusion of all marks. ca adds the exclusion to the command.
Sanskrit in this line
The pāṭha (पाठ) jams ca onto vyāvṛtteḥ (व्यावृत्तेः). Split it. vyāvṛtti (व्यावृत्ति) is feminine, ablative -eḥ (-एः), recited -eś (-एश्) before ca.
Say it back
Do not try to memorize every negation. Hold the shape: every limited nature is said not to be there.