1.4.24
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.4.24
अभिध्योपदेशाच् च
abhidhyopadeśāc ca
The line
And because the prior intention is taught, he is the material cause.
नेपालीमा
र अघिल्लो सङ्कल्प सिकाइएकाले ऊ उपादान कारण हो।
Where it sits
prakṛtiḥ (प्रकृतिः) from 1.4.23 is still the conclusion. The intention is the seeing of 1.1.5 and the desire of 1.1.19, now used for the material-cause point. The three still divide as on the previous line.
Split: abhidhyā-upadeśāt (अभिध्या-उपदेशात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abhidhyā-upadeśāt (अभिध्या-उपदेशात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because the intention is taught |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
abhidhyā (अभिध्या) is a thought directed at something, the resolve before the act. The texts say he desired, he saw, may I be many, may I bring forth. That intention is taught, upadeśa (उपदेश), of the same one who is the stuff.
A material that cannot think does not form that intention. A maker who is not the material does not say 'may I become many' of himself. ca adds the intention to the clay examples.
Sanskrit in this line
abhidhyā (अभिध्या) plus upadeśa (उपदेश): ā (आ) plus u becomes o. Before ca, t is heard as c.
Say it back
Quote the intention in plain words: may I be many.
Next
1.4.25. Origin and dissolution are both recited directly of the same Being.