1.3.5
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.3.5
प्रकरणात्
prakaraṇāt
The line
Because of the context, the abode is Brahman (ब्रह्मन्).
नेपालीमा
प्रकरणका कारण आश्रय ब्रह्म हो।
Where it sits
The āyatana (आयतन) of 1.3.1 remains the subject. The context is the Muṇḍaka (मुण्डक)'s higher knowledge, the same book as the invisible one of 1.2.22, a different verse.
Split: prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) | ablative singular, neuter | because of the context |
The phrases
The Muṇḍaka (मुण्डक) has already divided a lower knowledge and a higher. The higher is that by which the imperishable is known. This verse sits in the higher.
prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) is that context. A verse inside it is not suddenly about the pradhāna (प्रधान). The ablative is the reason, the subject still the abode.
Sanskrit in this line
prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) is neuter, ablative -āt (-आत्). One word.
Say it back
Say which knowledge this verse belongs to: the higher, not the lower.