2.1.22
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.22
अधिकं तु भेदनिर्देशात्
adhikaṃ tu bhedanirdeśāt
The line
More but, because of a compound: a difference, and a statement of what the rule is.
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. itara-vyapadeśāt (इतर-व्यपदेशात्) from 2.1.21 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: adhikaṃ (अधिकं) + tu (तु) + bheda-nirdeśāt (भेद-निर्देशात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| adhikaṃ (अधिकं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | more |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| bheda-nirdeśāt (भेद-निर्देशात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a difference, and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end |
The phrases
adhikaṃ (अधिकं) is more. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
bheda-nirdeśāt (भेद-निर्देशात्) is a compound: a difference, and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bheda-nirdeśāt (भेद-निर्देशात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss adhikaṃ (अधिकं) and bheda-nirdeśāt (भेद-निर्देशात्).
Next
2.1.23. aśmādivac (अश्मादिवच्) and, tadanupapatta (तदनुपपत्त).