2.1.32
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.32
न प्रयोजनवत्त्वात्
na prayojanavattvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: a purpose, possessing, and the state of being that.
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. vikaraṇatvān (विकरणत्वान्) from 2.1.31 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + prayojana-vat-tvāt (प्रयोजन-वत्-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| prayojana-vat-tvāt (प्रयोजन-वत्-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a purpose, possessing, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
prayojana-vat-tvāt (प्रयोजन-वत्-त्वात्) is a compound: a purpose, possessing, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prayojana-vat-tvāt (प्रयोजन-वत्-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prayojana-vat-tvāt (प्रयोजन-वत्-त्वात्).
Next
2.1.33. As in the world but, a compound: līlā (लीला), and aloneness.