2.3.30
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.30
यावदात्मभावित्वाच् च न दोषस् तद्दर्शनात्
yāvadātmabhāvitvāc ca na doṣas taddarśanāt
The line
Because of yāvadātmabhāvitva (यावदात्मभावित्व) and, not a fault, that, because of from seeing, because one sees.
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: yāvadātmabhāvitvāc (यावदात्मभावित्वाच्) + ca (च) + na (न) + doṣaḥ (दोषः) + tad (तद्) + darśanāt (दर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yāvadātmabhāvitvāc (यावदात्मभावित्वाच्) | ablative singular | yāvadātmabhāvitva (यावदात्मभावित्व) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| doṣaḥ (दोषः) | nominative singular, masculine | a fault |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| darśanāt (दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | from seeing, because one sees |
The phrases
yāvadātmabhāvitvāc (यावदात्मभावित्वाच्) is yāvadātmabhāvitva (यावदात्मभावित्व). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
doṣaḥ (दोषः) is a fault. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it doṣas (दोष). tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. darśanāt (दर्शनात्) is from seeing, because one sees. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as taddarśanāt (तद्दर्शनात्).
Sanskrit in this line
yāvadātmabhāvitvāc (यावदात्मभावित्वाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it doṣas (दोष). The line joins them as taddarśanāt (तद्दर्शनात्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yāvadātmabhāvitvāc (यावदात्मभावित्वाच्) and doṣaḥ (दोषः).