2.2.31
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.31
नैकस्मिन्नसम्भवात्
naikasminn asambhavāt
The line
naikasminn (नैकस्मिन्न्), because of asambhava (असम्भव).
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. sarva-thānu-papatteḥ (सर्व-थानु-पपत्तेः) from 2.2.30 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: naikasminn (नैकस्मिन्न्) + asambhavāt (असम्भवात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| naikasminn (नैकस्मिन्न्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| asambhavāt (असम्भवात्) | ablative singular | asambhava (असम्भव) |
The phrases
naikasminn (नैकस्मिन्न्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
asambhavāt (असम्भवात्) is asambhava (असम्भव). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
naikasminn (नैकस्मिन्न्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss naikasminn (नैकस्मिन्न्) and asambhavāt (असम्भवात्).