2.2.1

Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.1

रचनानुपपत्तेश् च नानुमानं प्रवृत्तेश् च

racanānupapatteś ca nānumānaṃ pravṛtteś ca

The line

racanānupapatteś (रचनानुपपत्तेश्) and, not inference, of of activity, from activity 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: racanānupapatteś (रचनानुपपत्तेश्) + ca (च) + na (न) + anumānaṃ (अनुमानं) + pravṛtteḥ (प्रवृत्तेः) + ca (च)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
racanānupapatteś (रचनानुपपत्तेश्)the form as the line writes itthis word, as the line writes it
ca (च)indeclinableand
na (न)indeclinablenot
anumānaṃ (अनुमानं)nominative or accusative singular, neuterinference
pravṛtteḥ (प्रवृत्तेः)genitive or ablative singularof activity, from activity
ca (च)indeclinableand

The phrases

racanānupapatteś (रचनानुपपत्तेश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.

anumānaṃ (अनुमानं) is inference. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. pravṛtteḥ (प्रवृत्तेः) is of activity, from activity. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it pravṛtteś (प्रवृत्तेश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.

Sanskrit in this line

racanānupapatteś (रचनानुपपत्तेश्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it pravṛtteś (प्रवृत्तेश्).

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss racanānupapatteś (रचनानुपपत्तेश्) and anumānaṃ (अनुमानं).

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