2.2.5
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.5
पुरुषाश्मवदिति चेत् तथापि
puruṣāśmavad iti cet tathāpi
The line
If you say that puruṣāśmavad (पुरुषाश्मवद्), then even so.
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. anyatra (अन्यत्र) from 2.2.4 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: puruṣāśmavad (पुरुषाश्मवद्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्) + tathāpi (तथापि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| puruṣāśmavad (पुरुषाश्मवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
| tathāpi (तथापि) | indeclinable | even so |
The phrases
puruṣāśmavad (पुरुषाश्मवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable.
cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable. tathāpi (तथापि) is even so. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
puruṣāśmavad (पुरुषाश्मवद्) 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 puruṣāśmavad (पुरुषाश्मवद्) and tathāpi (तथापि).