1.4.3
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.4.3
तदधीनत्वादर्थवत्
tadadhīnatvād arthavat
The line
It has a point, because it depends on that.
नेपालीमा
यो सार्थक छ, किनकि यो त्यसमा अडिएको छ।
Where it sits
sūkṣmam (सूक्ष्मम्) from 1.4.2 is the subject of arthavat. tat in tad-adhīna (तद्-अधीन) is the person beyond the unmanifest, the last term of the series in 1.4.1.
Split: tad-adhīnatvāt (तद्-अधीनत्वात्) + arthavat (अर्थवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tad-adhīnatvāt (तद्-अधीनत्वात्) | ablative singular, neuter | because of its dependence on that |
| arthavat (अर्थवत्) | nominative singular, neuter | having a point, meaningful |
The phrases
The next word in the Kaṭha (कठ) after the unmanifest is the person, and nothing is higher. The subtle, or the unmanifest term, is adhīna (अधीन), dependent, on that person. It is not a second ultimate.
arthavat: the word therefore has a point. It names something real in the series, the unseen part of the person, without naming an independent cause. A word for an independent pradhāna (प्रधान) would be a word the question never asked for.
Sanskrit in this line
adhīna (अधीन) plus tva is neuter. arthavat is a possessive adjective, neuter nominative, agreeing with sūkṣmam (सूक्ष्मम्). No verb.
Say it back
Say what it depends on: the person, beyond whom the text puts nothing.
Next
1.4.4. The text does not say the unmanifest is the thing one must know.