2.2.4
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.4
अन्यत्राभावाच् च न तृणादिवत्
anyatrābhāvāc ca na tṛṇādivat
The line
Elsewhere, because of because of absence and, not tṛṇādivat (तृणादिवत्).
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: anyatra (अन्यत्र) + abhāvāt (अभावात्) + ca (च) + na (न) + tṛṇādivat (तृणादिवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anyatra (अन्यत्र) | indeclinable | elsewhere |
| abhāvāt (अभावात्) | ablative singular | because of absence |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tṛṇādivat (तृणादिवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
anyatra (अन्यत्र) is elsewhere. It stands as indeclinable. abhāvāt (अभावात्) is because of absence. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as anyatrābhāvāc (अन्यत्राभावाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. tṛṇādivat (तृणादिवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
tṛṇādivat (तृणादिवत्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as anyatrābhāvāc (अन्यत्राभावाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anyatra (अन्यत्र) and abhāvāt (अभावात्).
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