1.4.26
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.4.26
आत्मकृतेः
ātmakṛteḥ
The line
Because the text says he made himself, Brahman (ब्रह्मन्) is the material cause.
नेपालीमा
पाठले उसले आफैँलाई बनायो भनेकाले ब्रह्म उपादान कारण हो।
Where it sits
prakṛtiḥ (प्रकृतिः) from 1.4.23 is the conclusion this ablative supports. The sentence is the Taittirīya (तैत्तिरीय)'s 'he made himself', after 'may I be many'. This pāṭha (पाठ) gives the making its own line. The modification is the next line.
Split: ātma-kṛteḥ (आत्म-कृतेः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ātma-kṛteḥ (आत्म-कृतेः) | ablative singular, feminine | because of the making of himself, because he is said to have made himself |
The phrases
The Taittirīya (तैत्तिरीय) says he made himself. The self is both the maker and what is made. kṛti (कृति) is the making. ātman (आत्मन्) is its object and its agent.
That is material cause in one verb. A maker who works on foreign stuff does not 'make himself' into the world. The ablative is the reason. The conclusion, that he is prakṛti (प्रकृति), is still the conclusion of 1.4.23.
Sanskrit in this line
kṛti (कृति) is feminine, ablative -eḥ (-एः). ātma-kṛti (आत्म-कृति) is 'a making of the self', or 'the self's making of himself'. One word.
Say it back
Say the verb: he made himself. The self is the material.