2.1.8
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.8
अपीतौ तद्वत्प्रसङ्गादसमञ्जसम्
apītau tadvatprasaṅgād asamañjasam
The line
apīta (अपीत), because of a compound: that, possessing, and an unwanted consequence, a compound: asamañja (असमञ्ज), and an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back.
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: apītau (अपीतौ) + tad-vat-prasaṅgāt (तद्-वत्-प्रसङ्गात्) + asamañja-sama (असमञ्ज-सम)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| apītau (अपीतौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | apīta (अपीत) |
| tad-vat-prasaṅgāt (तद्-वत्-प्रसङ्गात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, possessing, and an unwanted consequence. Read it from the end |
| asamañja-sama (असमञ्ज-सम) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: asamañja (असमञ्ज), and an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back. Read it from the end |
The phrases
apītau (अपीतौ) is apīta (अपीत). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. tad-vat-prasaṅgāt (तद्-वत्-प्रसङ्गात्) is a compound: that, possessing, and an unwanted consequence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it tadvatprasaṅgād (तद्वत्प्रसङ्गाद्).
asamañja-sama (असमञ्ज-सम) is a compound: asamañja (असमञ्ज), and an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
tad-vat-prasaṅgāt (तद्-वत्-प्रसङ्गात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it tadvatprasaṅgād (तद्वत्प्रसङ्गाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss apītau (अपीतौ) and tad-vat-prasaṅgāt (तद्-वत्-प्रसङ्गात्).
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2.1.9. Not but, because of a compound: an example, and a state.