2.3.4
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.4
स्याच् चैकस्य ब्रह्मशब्दवत्
syāc caikasya brahmaśabdavat
The line
It would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c, of a compound: and, and one, brahmaśabdavat (ब्रह्मशब्दवत्).
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: syāc (स्याच्) + ca-ekasya (च-एकस्य) + brahmaśabdavat (ब्रह्मशब्दवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| syāc (स्याच्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c |
| ca-ekasya (च-एकस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: and, and one. Read it from the end |
| brahmaśabdavat (ब्रह्मशब्दवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
syāc (स्याच्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c. It stands as optative, third person singular. ca-ekasya (च-एकस्य) is a compound: and, and one. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular.
brahmaśabdavat (ब्रह्मशब्दवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
brahmaśabdavat (ब्रह्मशब्दवत्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss syāc (स्याच्) and ca-ekasya (च-एकस्य).
Next
2.3.5. A compound: a thesis, and abandonment, because of avyatireka (अव्यतिरेक).