2.3.35
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.35
व्यपदेशाच् च क्रियायां न चेन् निर्देशविपर्ययः
vyapadeśāc ca kriyāyāṃ na cen nirdeśaviparyayaḥ
The line
If you say that because of a designation and, a compound: an act, and yāṃa (यांअ), not, then a compound: a statement of what the rule is, and the reverse.
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: vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) + ca (च) + kriyā-yāṃa (क्रिया-यांअ) + na (न) + cen (चेन्) + nirdeśa-viparyayaḥ (निर्देश-विपर्ययः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) | ablative singular | a designation |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| kriyā-yāṃa (क्रिया-यांअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an act, and yāṃa (यांअ). Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| cen (चेन्) | indeclinable | if you say. cet before n |
| nirdeśa-viparyayaḥ (निर्देश-विपर्ययः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a statement of what the rule is, and the reverse. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) is a designation. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vyapadeśāc (व्यपदेशाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. kriyā-yāṃa (क्रिया-यांअ) is a compound: an act, and yāṃa (यांअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. cen (चेन्) is if you say. cet before n. It stands as indeclinable. nirdeśa-viparyayaḥ (निर्देश-विपर्ययः) is a compound: a statement of what the rule is, and the reverse. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
nirdeśa-viparyayaḥ (निर्देश-विपर्ययः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vyapadeśāc (व्यपदेशाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) and kriyā-yāṃa (क्रिया-यांअ).
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