2.2.14
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.14
रूपादिमत्त्वाच् च विपर्ययो दर्शनात्
rūpādimattvāc ca viparyayo darśanāt
The line
Because of rūpādimattva (रूपादिमत्त्व) and, the reverse, because of from seeing, because one sees.
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: rūpādimattvāc (रूपादिमत्त्वाच्) + ca (च) + viparyayaḥ (विपर्ययः) + darśanāt (दर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| rūpādimattvāc (रूपादिमत्त्वाच्) | ablative singular | rūpādimattva (रूपादिमत्त्व) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| viparyayaḥ (विपर्ययः) | nominative singular, masculine | the reverse |
| darśanāt (दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | from seeing, because one sees |
The phrases
rūpādimattvāc (रूपादिमत्त्वाच्) is rūpādimattva (रूपादिमत्त्व). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
viparyayaḥ (विपर्ययः) is the reverse. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it viparyayo. darśanāt (दर्शनात्) is from seeing, because one sees. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
rūpādimattvāc (रूपादिमत्त्वाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it viparyayo.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss rūpādimattvāc (रूपादिमत्त्वाच्) and viparyayaḥ (विपर्ययः).
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