2.1.35
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.35
न कर्माविभागादिति चेन् नानादित्वादुपपद्यते चाप्युपलभ्यते च
na karmāvibhāgād iti cen nānāditvād upapadyate cāpy upalabhyate ca
The line
If you say that not because of a compound: karmā (कर्मा), and disjunction, no, because of anāditva (अनादित्व), fits and, also, even. api before a vowel, in upalabhyata (उपलभ्यत) and.
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: na (न) + karmā-vibhāgāt (कर्मा-विभागात्) + iti (इति) + cen (चेन्) + na (न) + anāditvād (अनादित्वाद्) + upapadyate (उपपद्यते) + ca (च) + apy (अप्य्) + upalabhyate (उपलभ्यते) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| karmā-vibhāgāt (कर्मा-विभागात्) | ablative singular | a compound: karmā (कर्मा), and disjunction. Read it from the end |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cen (चेन्) | indeclinable | if you say. cet before n |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| anāditvād (अनादित्वाद्) | ablative singular | anāditva (अनादित्व) |
| upapadyate (उपपद्यते) | present, third person singular | fits |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| apy (अप्य्) | indeclinable | also, even. api before a vowel |
| upalabhyate (उपलभ्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | upalabhyata (उपलभ्यत) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. karmā-vibhāgāt (कर्मा-विभागात्) is a compound: karmā (कर्मा), and disjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it karmāvibhāgād (कर्माविभागाद्). iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. cen (चेन्) is if you say. cet before n. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. anāditvād (अनादित्वाद्) is anāditva (अनादित्व). It stands as ablative singular.
upapadyate (उपपद्यते) is fits. It stands as present, third person singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. apy (अप्य्) is also, even. api before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as cāpy (चाप्य्). upalabhyate (उपलभ्यते) is upalabhyata (उपलभ्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
karmā-vibhāgāt (कर्मा-विभागात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it karmāvibhāgād (कर्माविभागाद्). The line joins them as cāpy (चाप्य्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karmā-vibhāgāt (कर्मा-विभागात्) and anāditvād (अनादित्वाद्).
Next
2.1.36. Of a compound: all, dharmo (धर्मो), and papatta (पपत्त) and.