2.2.12

Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.12

समवायाभ्युपगमाच् च साम्यादनवस्थितेः

samavāyābhyupagamāc ca sāmyād anavasthiteḥ

The line

Because of a compound: inherence, and an acceptance and, because of sameness, agreement, of a compound: anava (अनव), and standing, remaining.

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: samavāya-abhyupagamāt (समवाय-अभ्युपगमात्) + ca (च) + sāmyāt (साम्यात्) + anava-sthiteḥ (अनव-स्थितेः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
samavāya-abhyupagamāt (समवाय-अभ्युपगमात्)ablative singulara compound: inherence, and an acceptance. Read it from the end
ca (च)indeclinableand
sāmyāt (साम्यात्)ablative singularsameness, agreement
anava-sthiteḥ (अनव-स्थितेः)genitive or ablative singulara compound: anava (अनव), and standing, remaining. Read it from the end

The phrases

samavāya-abhyupagamāt (समवाय-अभ्युपगमात्) is a compound: inherence, and an acceptance. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it samavāyābhyupagamāc (समवायाभ्युपगमाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.

sāmyāt (साम्यात्) is sameness, agreement. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it sāmyād (साम्याद्). anava-sthiteḥ (अनव-स्थितेः) is a compound: anava (अनव), and standing, remaining. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular.

Sanskrit in this line

samavāya-abhyupagamāt (समवाय-अभ्युपगमात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it samavāyābhyupagamāc (समवायाभ्युपगमाच्). The line writes it sāmyād (साम्याद्).

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss samavāya-abhyupagamāt (समवाय-अभ्युपगमात्) and sāmyāt (साम्यात्).

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