2.2.21
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.21
प्रतिसंख्याप्रतिसंख्यानिरोधाप्राप्तिरविच्छेदात्
pratisaṃkhyāpratisaṃkhyānirodhāprāptir avicchedāt
The line
A compound: toward, against, number, toward, against, number, stilling, and what does not already follow, because of aviccheda (अविच्छेद).
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. asati (असति) from 2.2.20 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: prati-saṃkhyā-prati-saṃkhyā-nirodha-aprāptiḥ (प्रति-संख्या-प्रति-संख्या-निरोध-अप्राप्तिः) + avicchedāt (अविच्छेदात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prati-saṃkhyā-prati-saṃkhyā-nirodha-aprāptiḥ (प्रति-संख्या-प्रति-संख्या-निरोध-अप्राप्तिः) | nominative singular | a compound: toward, against, number, toward, against, number, stilling, and what does not already follow. Read it from the end |
| avicchedāt (अविच्छेदात्) | ablative singular | aviccheda (अविच्छेद) |
The phrases
prati-saṃkhyā-prati-saṃkhyā-nirodha-aprāptiḥ (प्रति-संख्या-प्रति-संख्या-निरोध-अप्राप्तिः) is a compound: toward, against, number, toward, against, number, stilling, and what does not already follow. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it pratisaṃkhyāpratisaṃkhyānirodhāprāptir (प्रतिसंख्याप्रतिसंख्यानिरोधाप्राप्तिर्).
avicchedāt (अविच्छेदात्) is aviccheda (अविच्छेद). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prati-saṃkhyā-prati-saṃkhyā-nirodha-aprāptiḥ (प्रति-संख्या-प्रति-संख्या-निरोध-अप्राप्तिः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pratisaṃkhyāpratisaṃkhyānirodhāprāptir (प्रतिसंख्याप्रतिसंख्यानिरोधाप्राप्तिर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prati-saṃkhyā-prati-saṃkhyā-nirodha-aprāptiḥ (प्रति-संख्या-प्रति-संख्या-निरोध-अप्राप्तिः) and avicchedāt (अविच्छेदात्).
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