1.3.39
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.3.39
स्मृतेश् च
smṛteś ca
The line
And because of smṛti (स्मृति).
नेपालीमा
र स्मृतिका कारण पनि यस्तै हो।
Where it sits
pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध) from 1.3.38 is the thing smṛti (स्मृति) is cited for. ca is the link. The three commentaries agree on this reading of the prohibition. They do not open a rival construction of the line.
Split: smṛteḥ (स्मृतेः) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| smṛteḥ (स्मृतेः) | ablative singular, feminine | because of smṛti (स्मृति) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
smṛti (स्मृति) is remembered tradition, the dharma (धर्म) texts. ca adds it to the prohibition just named. The prohibition of hearing, study, and meaning is what smṛti (स्मृति) carries.
The line is short because the noun it supports was in the previous line. It does not introduce a new prohibition.
Sanskrit in this line
smṛti (स्मृति) is feminine, ablative smṛteḥ (स्मृतेः), recited smṛteś (स्मृतेश्) before ca. Same shape as 1.2.6, different job: there smṛti (स्मृति) confirmed a reading of brahman (ब्रह्मन्), here it carries a prohibition.
Say it back
Say what smṛti (स्मृति) is being asked to confirm: the prohibition, not a new story.
Next
1.3.40. The breath in which the whole world trembles, in the Kaṭha (कठ), is Brahman (ब्रह्मन्).