1.3.6
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.3.6
स्थित्यदनाभ्यां च
sthityadanābhyāṃ ca
The line
And by support and by consuming, the abode is Brahman (ब्रह्मन्).
नेपालीमा
र थामेर तथा खाएर आश्रय ब्रह्म हो।
Where it sits
The abode of 1.3.1 is still the subject. This is the last reason of the woven-world verse. The next line is a new word, the vast.
Split: sthiti-adanābhyām (स्थिति-अदनाभ्याम्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sthiti-adanābhyām (स्थिति-अदनाभ्याम्) | instrumental dual, feminine | by support and by eating |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
sthiti is the staying of the world in it: heaven and earth are woven there and hold. adana is eating, the taking in of all, which other sentences say of the one from whom creatures come and into whom they return.
The dual instrumental means 'by these two marks'. Both fit brahman (ब्रह्मन्) as support and as the one who contains. ca adds them to the context.
Sanskrit in this line
Two feminine nouns in a dvandva, instrumental dual -ābhyām (-आभ्याम्), recited -ābhyāṃ (-आभ्यां) before the end. ca follows.
Say it back
Gloss the pair: sthiti, it holds them; adana, it takes them in.