2.2.18
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.18
इतरेतरप्रत्ययत्वादुपपन्नमिति चेन् न सङ्घातभावानिमित्तत्वात्
itaretarapratyayatvād upapannam iti cen na saṅghātabhāvānimittatvāt
The line
If you say that because of a compound: the other, the other, a condition, and the state of being that, upapanna (उपपन्न), no, a compound: saṅghā (सङ्घा), tabhāvā (तभावा), the efficient ground, and tvāta (त्वात).
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: itara-itara-pratyaya-tvāt (इतर-इतर-प्रत्यय-त्वात्) + upapannam (उपपन्नम्) + iti (इति) + cen (चेन्) + na (न) + saṅghā-tabhāvā-nimitta-tvāta (सङ्घा-तभावा-निमित्त-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| itara-itara-pratyaya-tvāt (इतर-इतर-प्रत्यय-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the other, the other, a condition, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| upapannam (उपपन्नम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | upapanna (उपपन्न) |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cen (चेन्) | indeclinable | if you say. cet before n |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| saṅghā-tabhāvā-nimitta-tvāta (सङ्घा-तभावा-निमित्त-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: saṅghā (सङ्घा), tabhāvā (तभावा), the efficient ground, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
itara-itara-pratyaya-tvāt (इतर-इतर-प्रत्यय-त्वात्) is a compound: the other, the other, a condition, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it itaretarapratyayatvād (इतरेतरप्रत्ययत्वाद्). upapannam (उपपन्नम्) is upapanna (उपपन्न). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable.
cen (चेन्) is if you say. cet before n. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. saṅghā-tabhāvā-nimitta-tvāta (सङ्घा-तभावा-निमित्त-त्वात) is a compound: saṅghā (सङ्घा), tabhāvā (तभावा), the efficient ground, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
saṅghā-tabhāvā-nimitta-tvāta (सङ्घा-तभावा-निमित्त-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it itaretarapratyayatvād (इतरेतरप्रत्ययत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss itara-itara-pratyaya-tvāt (इतर-इतर-प्रत्यय-त्वात्) and upapannam (उपपन्नम्).
Next
2.2.19. In a compound: the later, and arising and, because of a compound: the earlier, and stilling.