1.3.15
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.3.15
धृतेश् च महिम्नोऽस्यास्मिन्नुपलब्धेः
dhṛteś ca mahimno 'syāsminn upalabdheḥ
The line
And because of the holding, since his greatness is found in this text.
नेपालीमा
र धारणका कारण यस्तो हो, किनकि उसको महिमा यस पाठमा पाइन्छ।
Where it sits
daharaḥ (दहरः) from 1.3.13 is asya. The greatness is the sentence that puts heaven and earth inside the heart. dhṛti (धृति) echoes the dhṛti (धृति) of 1.3.9, as a type of mark, not as the same verse.
Split: dhṛteḥ (धृतेः) + ca (च) + mahimnaḥ (महिम्नः) + asya (अस्य) + asmin (अस्मिन्) + upalabdheḥ (उपलब्धेः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dhṛteḥ (धृतेः) | ablative singular, feminine | because of the holding |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| mahimnaḥ (महिम्नः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the greatness |
| asya (अस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of this one |
| asmin (अस्मिन्) | locative singular, neuter | in this text |
| upalabdheḥ (उपलब्धेः) | ablative singular, feminine | because of being found |
The phrases
dhṛti (धृति) is the holding. The small space holds heaven and earth inside it. That is the same kind of holding the imperishable was given. ca adds it.
The second ablative, upalabdheḥ (उपलब्धेः), says why the holding counts: the greatness, mahiman, of this one, asya, is found, in this text, asmin. One does not import the greatness from elsewhere. The sentence is in the passage.
Sanskrit in this line
dhṛti (धृति) and upalabdhi are both feminine ablatives in -eḥ (-एः). mahiman, genitive mahimnaḥ (महिम्नः), before a vowel is mahimno. asya plus asmin is asyāsmin (अस्यास्मिन्), and n doubles before the vowel of upalabdheḥ (उपलब्धेः).
Say it back
Point at the sentence that is the greatness. It is in this passage, not borrowed.
Next
1.3.16. In passages of this kind, space with these marks is the well-known Brahman (ब्रह्मन्).