2.3.45
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.45
प्रकाशादिवत् तु नैवं परः
prakāśādivat tu naivaṃ paraḥ
The line
A compound: light, the beginning, and the rest, and possessing but, not thus, the other, the higher.
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. smaryate (स्मर्यते) from 2.3.44 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: prakāśa-ādi-vat (प्रकाश-आदि-वत्) + tu (तु) + na (न) + evaṃ (एवं) + paraḥ (परः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakāśa-ādi-vat (प्रकाश-आदि-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: light, the beginning, and the rest, and possessing. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| paraḥ (परः) | nominative singular, masculine | the other, the higher |
The phrases
prakāśa-ādi-vat (प्रकाश-आदि-वत्) is a compound: light, the beginning, and the rest, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं). paraḥ (परः) is the other, the higher. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
prakāśa-ādi-vat (प्रकाश-आदि-वत्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prakāśa-ādi-vat (प्रकाश-आदि-वत्) and paraḥ (परः).