2.2.11
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.11
उभयथापि न कर्मातस्तदभावः
ubhayathāpi na karmātastadabhāvaḥ
The line
In a compound: both, and thāpa (थाप), not a compound: karmā (कर्मा), tastada (तस्तद), 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. mahaddīrghavad (महद्दीर्घवद्) from 2.2.10 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ubhaya-thāpi (उभय-थापि) + na (न) + karmā-tastada-bhāvaḥ (कर्मा-तस्तद-भावः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ubhaya-thāpi (उभय-थापि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | a compound: both, and thāpa (थाप). Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| karmā-tastada-bhāvaḥ (कर्मा-तस्तद-भावः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: karmā (कर्मा), tastada (तस्तद), and a state. Read it from the end |
The phrases
ubhaya-thāpi (उभय-थापि) is a compound: both, and thāpa (थाप). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
karmā-tastada-bhāvaḥ (कर्मा-तस्तद-भावः) is a compound: karmā (कर्मा), tastada (तस्तद), and a state. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
karmā-tastada-bhāvaḥ (कर्मा-तस्तद-भावः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ubhaya-thāpi (उभय-थापि) and karmā-tastada-bhāvaḥ (कर्मा-तस्तद-भावः).