1.3.17
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.3.17
इतरपरामर्शात् स इति चेन् नासंभवात्
itaraparāmarśāt sa iti cen nāsaṃbhavāt
The line
If you say he is the other because the text refers to the other, no, because that is impossible.
नेपालीमा
यदि पाठले अर्कोतिर सङ्केत गरेकाले ऊ अर्को हो भन्छौ भने, होइन, किनकि त्यो असम्भव छ।
Where it sits
saḥ (सः) in the objection is daharaḥ (दहरः) of 1.3.13. itara is the individual, the same rival as often before. The serene one who rises is in this same chapter of the small space. The reply does not deny that the soul is mentioned. It denies that the soul is the small space.
Split: itara-parāmarśāt (इतर-परामर्शात्) + saḥ (सः) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्) + na (न) + asaṃbhavāt (असंभवात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| itara-parāmarśāt (इतर-परामर्शात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because of the reference to the other |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | he |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if |
| na (न) | indeclinable | no |
| asaṃbhavāt (असंभवात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because it is impossible |
The phrases
The objection: a later sentence speaks of the serene one rising out of this body, approaching the highest light, and appearing in his own form. That serene one is the individual, itara. So, the objector says, saḥ (सः), the small space, is that other. parāmarśa (परामर्श) is the reference.
The reply is na. asaṃbhava (असंभव): the individual does not contain heaven and earth, is not free from all evil while bound, and does not have a resolve that is truth. Those predicates, already in the passage, are impossible for itara.
Sanskrit in this line
saḥ (सः) before iti is recited sa. cet before na is cen, and na plus a is nā (ना): cen nāsaṃbhavāt (नासंभवात्).
Say it back
State the objection from the rising serene one, and the impossibility from heaven-and-earth.
Next
1.3.18. The later sentence shows the nature that was already meant and does not change the subject.