1.3.8
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.3.8
धर्मोपपत्तेश् च
dharmopapatteś ca
The line
And because the attributes fit, the vast is Brahman (ब्रह्मन्).
नेपालीमा
र गुण मिल्ने भएकाले विशाल ब्रह्म हो।
Where it sits
bhūmā (भूमा) from 1.3.7 is still the subject. This closes Sanatkumāra (सनत्कुमार)'s vast. The next line is Gārgī (गार्गी)'s imperishable.
Split: dharma-upapatteḥ (धर्म-उपपत्तेः) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dharma-upapatteḥ (धर्म-उपपत्तेः) | ablative singular, feminine | because the attributes fit |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
The vast rests in its own greatness, not in something else. It is pleasure. It is what should be known. From it, life, hope, memory, and space are said to come. Those dharma (धर्म) fit brahman (ब्रह्मन्).
They do not fit the serene individual, who does not rest in his own greatness while bound, and who is not the source of space. ca adds the fitness of the attributes to the 'taught as further' of the previous line.
Sanskrit in this line
dharma (धर्म) plus upapatti: a plus u becomes o. upapatti is feminine, ablative -eḥ (-एः), recited -eś (-एश्) before ca.
Say it back
Give one attribute: it rests in its own greatness.