2.1.24
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.24
उपसंहारदर्शनान् नेति चेन् न क्षीरवद् धि
upasaṃhāradarśanān neti cen na kṣīravad dhi
The line
If you say that a compound: a summing up, and seeing, not, no, kṣīravad (क्षीरवद्), in a thought.
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: upasaṃhāra-darśanān (उपसंहार-दर्शनान्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + cen (चेन्) + na (न) + kṣīravad (क्षीरवद्) + dhi (धि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| upasaṃhāra-darśanān (उपसंहार-दर्शनान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: a summing up, and seeing. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cen (चेन्) | indeclinable | if you say. cet before n |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| kṣīravad (क्षीरवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| dhi (धि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | a thought |
The phrases
upasaṃhāra-darśanān (उपसंहार-दर्शनान्) is a compound: a summing up, and seeing. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as neti. cen (चेन्) is if you say. cet before n. It stands as indeclinable.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. kṣīravad (क्षीरवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. dhi (धि) is a thought. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
upasaṃhāra-darśanān (उपसंहार-दर्शनान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as neti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss upasaṃhāra-darśanān (उपसंहार-दर्शनान्) and kṣīravad (क्षीरवद्).