2.2.33
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.33
न च पर्यायादप्यविरोधो विकारादिभ्यः
na ca paryāyād apy avirodho vikārādibhyaḥ
The line
Not and, because of paryāya (पर्याय), also, even. api before a vowel, absence of collision, for vikārāda (विकाराद).
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: na (न) + ca (च) + paryāyād (पर्यायाद्) + apy (अप्य्) + avirodhaḥ (अविरोधः) + vikārādibhyaḥ (विकारादिभ्यः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| paryāyād (पर्यायाद्) | ablative singular | paryāya (पर्याय) |
| apy (अप्य्) | indeclinable | also, even. api before a vowel |
| avirodhaḥ (अविरोधः) | nominative singular, masculine | absence of collision |
| vikārādibhyaḥ (विकारादिभ्यः) | dative or ablative plural | vikārāda (विकाराद) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. paryāyād (पर्यायाद्) is paryāya (पर्याय). It stands as ablative singular.
apy (अप्य्) is also, even. api before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. avirodhaḥ (अविरोधः) is absence of collision. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it avirodho. vikārādibhyaḥ (विकारादिभ्यः) is vikārāda (विकाराद). It stands as dative or ablative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
vikārādibhyaḥ (विकारादिभ्यः) is dative or ablative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it avirodho.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss paryāyād (पर्यायाद्) and apy (अप्य्).