1.4.2
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.4.2
सूक्ष्मं तु तदर्हत्वात्
sūkṣmaṃ tu tadarhatvāt
The line
But the subtle is meant, because it is fit for that.
नेपालीमा
तर सूक्ष्म भनिएको हो, किनकि त्यो त्यसका लागि योग्य छ।
Where it sits
The avyakta of 1.4.1 is the word being reassigned. sūkṣmam (सूक्ष्मम्) is what it is reassigned to. Śaṅkara (शङ्कर)'s reading is the subtle body. Rāmānuja (रामानुज)'s causal state and Madhva's dependent matter were named on the previous line. This line's own word is sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म).
Split: sūkṣmam (सूक्ष्मम्) + tu (तु) + tad-arhatvāt (तद्-अर्हत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sūkṣmam (सूक्ष्मम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the subtle |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but |
| tad-arhatvāt (तद्-अर्हत्वात्) | ablative singular, neuter | because of its fitness for that |
The phrases
tu gives the positive reading. sūkṣmam (सूक्ष्मम्) is the subtle body, the one not manifest to the person, which can be called avyakta without becoming the Sāṃkhya (सांख्य) pradhāna (प्रधान). arhatva is fitness. tat is the word unmanifest, or the role in the series.
The subtle is fit for that role: it stands beyond intellect in the person's make-up, and it is not seen. The independent pradhāna (प्रधान) is not what the figure needs.
Sanskrit in this line
sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) is neuter. arhatva is the abstract of arha, 'fit', neuter ablative -āt (-आत्).
Say it back
Gloss sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) as what the person does not see, inside the chariot figure.
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1.4.3. It has a use, because it depends on the person beyond it.