2.1.4
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.4
न विलक्षणत्वादस्य तथात्वं च शब्दात्
na vilakṣaṇatvād asya tathātvaṃ ca śabdāt
The line
Not because of a compound: of a different kind, and the state of being that, of of this, so, in that way, you and, because of a word.
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) + vilakṣaṇa-tvāt (विलक्षण-त्वात्) + asya (अस्य) + tathā (तथा) + tvaṃ (त्वं) + ca (च) + śabdāt (शब्दात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vilakṣaṇa-tvāt (विलक्षण-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: of a different kind, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| asya (अस्य) | genitive singular | of this |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| tvaṃ (त्वं) | nominative singular | you |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| śabdāt (शब्दात्) | ablative singular | a word |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vilakṣaṇa-tvāt (विलक्षण-त्वात्) is a compound: of a different kind, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vilakṣaṇatvād (विलक्षणत्वाद्). asya (अस्य) is of this. It stands as genitive singular. tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable.
tvaṃ (त्वं) is you. It stands as nominative singular. The line joins them as tathātvaṃ (तथात्वं). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. śabdāt (शब्दात्) is a word. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vilakṣaṇa-tvāt (विलक्षण-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vilakṣaṇatvād (विलक्षणत्वाद्). The line joins them as tathātvaṃ (तथात्वं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vilakṣaṇa-tvāt (विलक्षण-त्वात्) and asya (अस्य).