2.3.17
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.17
चराचरव्यपाश्रयस् तु स्यात् तद्व्यपदेशो भाक्तस् तद्भावभावित्वात्
carācaravyapāśrayas tu syāt tadvyapadeśo bhāktas tadbhāvabhāvitvāt
The line
carācaravyapāśrayas (चराचरव्यपाश्रय) but, it would be, let it be granted, a compound: that, and a designation, bhāktas (भाक्त), because of tadbhāvabhāvitva (तद्भावभावित्व).
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: carācaravyapāśrayas (चराचरव्यपाश्रय) + tu (तु) + syāt (स्यात्) + tad-vyapadeśaḥ (तद्-व्यपदेशः) + bhāktas (भाक्त) + tadbhāvabhāvitvāt (तद्भावभावित्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| carācaravyapāśrayas (चराचरव्यपाश्रय) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tad-vyapadeśaḥ (तद्-व्यपदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: that, and a designation. Read it from the end |
| bhāktas (भाक्त) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tadbhāvabhāvitvāt (तद्भावभावित्वात्) | ablative singular | tadbhāvabhāvitva (तद्भावभावित्व) |
The phrases
carācaravyapāśrayas (चराचरव्यपाश्रय) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
tad-vyapadeśaḥ (तद्-व्यपदेशः) is a compound: that, and a designation. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it tadvyapadeśo (तद्व्यपदेशो). bhāktas (भाक्त) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tadbhāvabhāvitvāt (तद्भावभावित्वात्) is tadbhāvabhāvitva (तद्भावभावित्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
carācaravyapāśrayas (चराचरव्यपाश्रय) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it tadvyapadeśo (तद्व्यपदेशो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss carācaravyapāśrayas (चराचरव्यपाश्रय) and syāt (स्यात्).