1.4.5
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.4.5
वदतीति चेन् न प्राज्ञो हि प्रकरणात्
vadatīti cen na prājño hi prakaraṇāt
The line
If you say the text is about the one who speaks, no, for the deeply conscious one is meant, from the context.
नेपालीमा
यदि पाठ बोल्नेको बारेमा हो भन्छौ भने, होइन, किनकि प्रकरणबाट गहिरो चेतन भनिएको हो।
Where it sits
The person of the Kaṭha (कठ) series in 1.4.1 is the one being identified as prājña (प्राज्ञ). The objector's soul is the traveler inside the figure. Context does the work, as prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) has done before.
Split: vadati (वदति) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्) + na (न) + prājñaḥ (प्राज्ञः) + hi (हि) + prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vadati (वदति) | present active, third person singular | he speaks |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if |
| na (न) | indeclinable | no |
| prājñaḥ (प्राज्ञः) | nominative singular, masculine | the deeply conscious one, the supreme knower |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for |
| prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) | ablative singular, neuter | because of the context |
The phrases
The objection: the chariot's traveler is the one who speaks, sees, and goes, so the person of the verse is the individual soul, and the unmanifest above his intellect can still be the pradhāna (प्रधान). vadati is 'he speaks', the objector's picture of that soul.
The reply is na. prājña (प्राज्ञ) is the supreme conscious one. hi gives the reason, prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्): the context is the highest goal, the person than whom there is nothing higher, which is what Naciketas was brought to. The speaking traveler is in the figure. The topic of the figure is the prājña (प्राज्ञ).
Sanskrit in this line
vadati plus iti is vadatīti (वदतीति). cet before na is cen. prājñaḥ (प्राज्ञः) before hi is prājño (प्राज्ञो) hi.
Say it back
Separate the traveler of the chariot from the person the chapter is aiming at.