2.3.3
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.3
गौण्यसंभवाच् छब्दाच् च
gauṇyasaṃbhavāc chabdāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: gauṇya (गौण्य), and arising, because of chabda (छब्द) and.
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. asti (अस्ति) from 2.3.2 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: gauṇya-saṃbhavāt (गौण्य-संभवात्) + chabdāc (छब्दाच्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| gauṇya-saṃbhavāt (गौण्य-संभवात्) | ablative singular | a compound: gauṇya (गौण्य), and arising. Read it from the end |
| chabdāc (छब्दाच्) | ablative singular | chabda (छब्द) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
gauṇya-saṃbhavāt (गौण्य-संभवात्) is a compound: gauṇya (गौण्य), and arising. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it gauṇyasaṃbhavāc (गौण्यसंभवाच्). chabdāc (छब्दाच्) is chabda (छब्द). It stands as ablative singular.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
gauṇya-saṃbhavāt (गौण्य-संभवात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it gauṇyasaṃbhavāc (गौण्यसंभवाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss gauṇya-saṃbhavāt (गौण्य-संभवात्) and chabdāc (छब्दाच्).