1.4.28
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.4.28
योनिश् च हि गीयते
yoniś ca hi gīyate
The line
And the source is indeed sung of him.
नेपालीमा
र उत्पत्तिस्थान साँच्चै उसकै गाइएको छ।
Where it sits
prakṛtiḥ (प्रकृतिः) from 1.4.23 is what yoni here restates. The song is the Muṇḍaka (मुण्डक)'s source-language and the verses of the same kind. Madhva takes yoni as begetter and ruler, not as material womb. Rāmānuja (रामानुज) takes it as the material source. Śaṅkara (शङ्कर) takes it as the one source that is not other than the effect.
Split: yoniḥ (योनिः) + ca (च) + hi (हि) + gīyate (गीयते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yoniḥ (योनिः) | nominative singular, feminine | the womb, the source |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | indeed, for |
| gīyate (गीयते) | present passive, third person singular | is sung |
The phrases
The Muṇḍaka (मुण्डक) and the related verses sing of the person, the lord, as the brahma-yoni, the source from which the world is born, as the spider is the source of the thread and the earth of the plants.
yoniḥ (योनिः) is that source. gīyate (गीयते), 'is sung', means the mantra says it, not only the prose argument. hi confirms. ca adds the song to the reasons for material cause. A hymn that calls him the womb is not calling him only the external maker.
Sanskrit in this line
yoniḥ (योनिः) before ca is yoniś (योनिश्). gīyate (गीयते) is the passive of gā (गा), as at 1.1.16. hi does not decline.
Say it back
Say yoni as source, and name the picture: the thread from the spider.
Next
1.4.29. By this, every rival account of the cause has been explained.