2.1.1
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.1
स्मृत्यनवकाशदोषप्रसङ्ग इति चेन् नान्यस्मृत्यनवकाशदोषप्रसङ्गात्
smṛtyanavakāśadoṣaprasaṅga iti cen nānyasmṛtyanavakāśadoṣaprasaṅgāt
The line
If you say that a compound: memory, no room, a fault, and an unwanted consequence, no, because of a compound: other, memory, no room, a fault, and an unwanted consequence.
Where it sits
In Brahma Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Avirodha. The teaching does not collide with reasoning, or with the other systems, in the way an objector claims. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: smṛti-anavakāśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ (स्मृति-अनवकाश-दोष-प्रसङ्गः) + iti (इति) + cen (चेन्) + na (न) + anya-smṛti-anavakāśa-doṣa-prasaṅgāt (अन्य-स्मृति-अनवकाश-दोष-प्रसङ्गात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| smṛti-anavakāśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ (स्मृति-अनवकाश-दोष-प्रसङ्गः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: memory, no room, a fault, and an unwanted consequence. Read it from the end |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cen (चेन्) | indeclinable | if you say. cet before n |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| anya-smṛti-anavakāśa-doṣa-prasaṅgāt (अन्य-स्मृति-अनवकाश-दोष-प्रसङ्गात्) | ablative singular | a compound: other, memory, no room, a fault, and an unwanted consequence. Read it from the end |
The phrases
smṛti-anavakāśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ (स्मृति-अनवकाश-दोष-प्रसङ्गः) is a compound: memory, no room, a fault, and an unwanted consequence. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it smṛtyanavakāśadoṣaprasaṅga (स्मृत्यनवकाशदोषप्रसङ्ग). iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. cen (चेन्) is if you say. cet before n. It stands as indeclinable.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. anya-smṛti-anavakāśa-doṣa-prasaṅgāt (अन्य-स्मृति-अनवकाश-दोष-प्रसङ्गात्) is a compound: other, memory, no room, a fault, and an unwanted consequence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
anya-smṛti-anavakāśa-doṣa-prasaṅgāt (अन्य-स्मृति-अनवकाश-दोष-प्रसङ्गात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it smṛtyanavakāśadoṣaprasaṅga (स्मृत्यनवकाशदोषप्रसङ्ग).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss smṛti-anavakāśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ (स्मृति-अनवकाश-दोष-प्रसङ्गः) and anya-smṛti-anavakāśa-doṣa-prasaṅgāt (अन्य-स्मृति-अनवकाश-दोष-प्रसङ्गात्).
Next
2.1.2. A compound: the others, and ṣāṃa (षांअ), of cānupalabdha (चानुपलब्ध).