2.3.37
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.37
शक्तिविपर्ययात्
śaktiviparyayāt
The line
Because of a compound: a power, a capacity, 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 line is short. upalabdhi-vada-niyamaḥ (उपलब्धि-वद-नियमः) from 2.3.36 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: śakti-viparyayāt (शक्ति-विपर्ययात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śakti-viparyayāt (शक्ति-विपर्ययात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a power, a capacity, and the reverse. Read it from the end |
The phrases
śakti-viparyayāt (शक्ति-विपर्ययात्) is a compound: a power, a capacity, and the reverse. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.
Sanskrit in this line
śakti-viparyayāt (शक्ति-विपर्ययात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śakti-viparyayāt (शक्ति-विपर्ययात्).
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2.3.38. Because of a compound: samādhi (समाधि), and absence and.