2.3.14
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.14
तदभिध्यानादेव तु तल्लिङ्गात् सः
tadabhidhyānād eva tu talliṅgāt saḥ
The line
Because of tadabhidhyāna (तदभिध्यान) just but, because of a compound: that, and a mark, he, that.
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: tadabhidhyānād (तदभिध्यानाद्) + eva (एव) + tu (तु) + tat-liṅgāt (तत्-लिङ्गात्) + saḥ (सः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tadabhidhyānād (तदभिध्यानाद्) | ablative singular | tadabhidhyāna (तदभिध्यान) |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| tat-liṅgāt (तत्-लिङ्गात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, and a mark. Read it from the end |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that |
The phrases
tadabhidhyānād (तदभिध्यानाद्) is tadabhidhyāna (तदभिध्यान). It stands as ablative singular. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
tat-liṅgāt (तत्-लिङ्गात्) is a compound: that, and a mark. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. saḥ (सः) is he, that. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
tadabhidhyānād (तदभिध्यानाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tadabhidhyānād (तदभिध्यानाद्) and tat-liṅgāt (तत्-लिङ्गात्).
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