2.3.36
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.36
उपलब्धिवदनियमः
upalabdhivadaniyamaḥ
The line
A compound: a finding, vada (वद), and a restriction.
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. vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) from 2.3.35 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: upalabdhi-vada-niyamaḥ (उपलब्धि-वद-नियमः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| upalabdhi-vada-niyamaḥ (उपलब्धि-वद-नियमः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a finding, vada (वद), and a restriction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
upalabdhi-vada-niyamaḥ (उपलब्धि-वद-नियमः) is a compound: a finding, vada (वद), and a restriction. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.
Sanskrit in this line
upalabdhi-vada-niyamaḥ (उपलब्धि-वद-नियमः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss upalabdhi-vada-niyamaḥ (उपलब्धि-वद-नियमः).
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