2.2.23
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.23
आकाशे चाविशेषात्
ākāśe cāviśeṣāt
The line
In space and, because of because there is no difference.
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. ubha-yathā (उभ-यथा) from 2.2.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ākāśe (आकाशे) + ca (च) + aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ākāśe (आकाशे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | space |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) | ablative singular | because there is no difference |
The phrases
ākāśe (आकाशे) is space. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) is because there is no difference. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as cāviśeṣāt (चाविशेषात्).
Sanskrit in this line
aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as cāviśeṣāt (चाविशेषात्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ākāśe (आकाशे) and aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्).