2.2.41
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.41
विज्ञानादिभावे वा तदप्रतिषेधः
vijñānādibhāve vā tadapratiṣedhaḥ
The line
In a compound: knowing, the beginning, and the rest, and a state or, that, the absence of a denial.
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. kartuḥ (कर्तुः) from 2.2.40 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vijñāna-ādi-bhāve (विज्ञान-आदि-भावे) + vā (वा) + tad (तद्) + apratiṣedhaḥ (अप्रतिषेधः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vijñāna-ādi-bhāve (विज्ञान-आदि-भावे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: knowing, the beginning, and the rest, and a state. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| apratiṣedhaḥ (अप्रतिषेधः) | nominative singular, masculine | the absence of a denial |
The phrases
vijñāna-ādi-bhāve (विज्ञान-आदि-भावे) is a compound: knowing, the beginning, and the rest, and a state. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. apratiṣedhaḥ (अप्रतिषेधः) is the absence of a denial. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as tadapratiṣedhaḥ (तदप्रतिषेधः).
Sanskrit in this line
vijñāna-ādi-bhāve (विज्ञान-आदि-भावे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as tadapratiṣedhaḥ (तदप्रतिषेधः).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vijñāna-ādi-bhāve (विज्ञान-आदि-भावे) and apratiṣedhaḥ (अप्रतिषेधः).