2.3.2
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.2
अस्ति तु
asti tu
The line
Is but.
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. viyada-śruteḥ (वियद-श्रुतेः) from 2.3.1 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: asti (अस्ति) + tu (तु)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| asti (अस्ति) | present, third person singular | is |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
The phrases
asti (अस्ति) is is. It stands as present, third person singular.
tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
asti (अस्ति) is present, third person singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss asti (अस्ति).
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