2.1.31
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.31
विकरणत्वान् नेति चेत् तदुक्तम्
vikaraṇatvān neti cet tad uktam
The line
If you say that vikaraṇatva (विकरणत्व), not, then that, what has been said.
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. sarvopetā (सर्वोपेता) from 2.1.30 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vikaraṇatvān (विकरणत्वान्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्) + tad (तद्) + uktam (उक्तम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vikaraṇatvān (विकरणत्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | vikaraṇatva (विकरणत्व) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| uktam (उक्तम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what has been said |
The phrases
vikaraṇatvān (विकरणत्वान्) is vikaraṇatva (विकरणत्व). 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.
cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable. tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. uktam (उक्तम्) is what has been said. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
vikaraṇatvān (विकरणत्वान्) is accusative plural, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as neti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vikaraṇatvān (विकरणत्वान्) and uktam (उक्तम्).
Next
2.1.32. Not because of a compound: a purpose, possessing, and the state of being that.