1.3.38
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.3.38
श्रवणाध्ययनार्थप्रतिषेधात्
śravaṇādhyayanārthapratiṣedhāt
The line
Because hearing, study, and the meaning are prohibited, there is no eligibility without the sacrament.
नेपालीमा
श्रवण, अध्ययन र अर्थ निषिद्ध भएकाले संस्कार बिना अधिकार छैन।
Where it sits
The rule of 1.3.36 is still the subject. This line names the three acts the prohibition covers. The next line names smṛti (स्मृति) as where that prohibition is found. The pāṭha (पाठ) separates the two.
Split: śravaṇa-adhyayana-artha-pratiṣedhāt (श्रवण-अध्ययन-अर्थ-प्रतिषेधात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śravaṇa-adhyayana-artha-pratiṣedhāt (श्रवण-अध्ययन-अर्थ-प्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because hearing, study, and the meaning are prohibited |
The phrases
Three things are named in the compound, and all three are under pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध), prohibition. śravaṇa (श्रवण) is hearing the Veda. adhyayana is studying it, repeating it. artha is getting at its meaning, and the ritual and knowledge that depend on that meaning.
The ablative is the reason this hearing stays closed where the sacrament is absent. The line states the prohibition. It does not narrate a penalty.
Sanskrit in this line
One compound, one ablative. Read from pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध): a prohibition, of artha, of adhyayana, and of śravaṇa (श्रवण). The gender follows pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध), masculine.
Say it back
Say the three prohibited acts in order: hearing, study, meaning.