1.3.25
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.3.25
तदुपर्यपि बादरायणः संभवात्
tadupary api bādarāyaṇaḥ saṃbhavāt
The line
Bādarāyaṇa (बादरायण) says that even those above the human are eligible, because it is possible.
नेपालीमा
बादरायण भन्छन्, मानवभन्दा माथिका पनि अधिकारी हुन्, किनकि त्यो सम्भव छ।
Where it sits
manuṣya-adhikāra (मनुष्य-अधिकार) from 1.3.24 is what api extends. This is Bādarāyaṇa (बादरायण)'s view, and it is the siddhānta (सिद्धान्त) the following lines defend. Śaṅkara (शङ्कर), Rāmānuja (रामानुज), and Madhva stand with him on the gods' eligibility. Jaimini's denial comes later, at 1.3.30, and is not this line.
Split: tad-upari (तद्-उपरि) + api (अपि) + bādarāyaṇaḥ (बादरायणः) + saṃbhavāt (संभवात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tad-upari (तद्-उपरि) | indeclinable | above that, beyond the human |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even, also |
| bādarāyaṇaḥ (बादरायणः) | nominative singular, masculine | Bādarāyaṇa (बादरायण) |
| saṃbhavāt (संभवात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because of possibility |
The phrases
The doubt uses the previous line. If the meditation is phrased for the human heart, the gods, who are above that, tad-upari, might have no eligibility. Bādarāyaṇa (बादरायण) says they do. api means 'even they'.
saṃbhava (संभव) is possibility. A god can take a body, can hear, can meditate. Nothing in being a god makes the knowledge impossible. The verb of saying is understood with his name.
Sanskrit in this line
upari is an indeclinable. tad-upari is 'above that'. saṃbhava (संभव) is masculine, ablative -āt (-आत्). The name keeps its visarga.
Say it back
Say who is above the human, and say Bādarāyaṇa (बादरायण)'s one reason: saṃbhava (संभव).
Next
1.3.26. Their cosmic offices do not block the knowledge, because many forms are seen.