2.1.20
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.20
यथा च प्राणादिः
yathā ca prāṇādiḥ
The line
As and, prāṇāda (प्राणाद).
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. paṭavac (पटवच्) from 2.1.19 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: yathā (यथा) + ca (च) + prāṇādiḥ (प्राणादिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| prāṇādiḥ (प्राणादिः) | nominative singular | prāṇāda (प्राणाद) |
The phrases
yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
prāṇādiḥ (प्राणादिः) is prāṇāda (प्राणाद). It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prāṇādiḥ (प्राणादिः) is nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prāṇādiḥ (प्राणादिः).