2.1.9
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.9
न तु दृष्टान्तभावात्
na tu dṛṣṭāntabhāvāt
The line
Not but, because of a compound: an example, and a state.
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. apītau (अपीतौ) from 2.1.8 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) + tu (तु) + dṛṣṭānta-bhāvāt (दृष्टान्त-भावात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| dṛṣṭānta-bhāvāt (दृष्टान्त-भावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an example, and a state. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
dṛṣṭānta-bhāvāt (दृष्टान्त-भावात्) is a compound: an example, and a state. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dṛṣṭānta-bhāvāt (दृष्टान्त-भावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dṛṣṭānta-bhāvāt (दृष्टान्त-भावात्).
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