2.3.38
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.38
समाध्यभावाच् च
samādhyabhāvāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: samādhi (समाधि), and absence 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. śakti-viparyayāt (शक्ति-विपर्ययात्) from 2.3.37 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: samādhi-abhāvāt (समाधि-अभावात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| samādhi-abhāvāt (समाधि-अभावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: samādhi (समाधि), and absence. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
samādhi-abhāvāt (समाधि-अभावात्) is a compound: samādhi (समाधि), and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it samādhyabhāvāc (समाध्यभावाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
samādhi-abhāvāt (समाधि-अभावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it samādhyabhāvāc (समाध्यभावाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss samādhi-abhāvāt (समाधि-अभावात्).