2.1.16
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.16
भावे चोपलब्धेः
bhāve copalabdheḥ
The line
In in a state, of copalabdha (चोपलब्ध).
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 line is short. tadananyatvam (तदनन्यत्वम्) from 2.1.15 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: bhāve (भावे) + copalabdheḥ (चोपलब्धेः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhāve (भावे) | locative singular | in a state |
| copalabdheḥ (चोपलब्धेः) | genitive or ablative singular | copalabdha (चोपलब्ध) |
The phrases
bhāve (भावे) is in a state. It stands as locative singular.
copalabdheḥ (चोपलब्धेः) is copalabdha (चोपलब्ध). It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
copalabdheḥ (चोपलब्धेः) is genitive or ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhāve (भावे) and copalabdheḥ (चोपलब्धेः).