1.4.15
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.4.15
समाकर्षात्
samākarṣāt
The line
Because the statements are drawn together, the cause is Brahman (ब्रह्मन्).
नेपालीमा
कथनहरू एकठाउँ पारिएकाले कारण ब्रह्म हो।
Where it sits
The cause of 1.4.14 is still the subject. samākarṣa (समाकर्ष) is the method: do not read a hard word apart from the passage that fixes it.
Split: samākarṣāt (समाकर्षात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| samākarṣāt (समाकर्षात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because of being drawn together |
The phrases
samākarṣa (समाकर्ष) is a dragging together. Sentences that say 'non-being', or that start the list at different products, are drawn back to the passages that state Being, the self, the one who saw.
A word that looks like absolute nothing is not left to stand alone. It is read with the sentence that explains it. The ablative is the reason the cause stays brahman (ब्रह्मन्) through those variant wordings.
Sanskrit in this line
One masculine ablative, from sam plus ā (आ) plus kṛṣ (कृष्), 'to draw together'.
Say it back
Gloss samākarṣa (समाकर्ष) as reading the odd sentence toward the clear one.