2.3.5
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.5
प्रतिज्ञाहानिरव्यतिरेकात्
pratijñāhānir avyatirekāt
The line
A compound: a thesis, and abandonment, because of avyatireka (अव्यतिरेक).
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. syāc (स्याच्) from 2.3.4 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: pratijñā-hāniḥ (प्रतिज्ञा-हानिः) + avyatirekāt (अव्यतिरेकात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pratijñā-hāniḥ (प्रतिज्ञा-हानिः) | nominative singular | a compound: a thesis, and abandonment. Read it from the end |
| avyatirekāt (अव्यतिरेकात्) | ablative singular | avyatireka (अव्यतिरेक) |
The phrases
pratijñā-hāniḥ (प्रतिज्ञा-हानिः) is a compound: a thesis, and abandonment. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it pratijñāhānir (प्रतिज्ञाहानिर्).
avyatirekāt (अव्यतिरेकात्) is avyatireka (अव्यतिरेक). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pratijñā-hāniḥ (प्रतिज्ञा-हानिः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pratijñāhānir (प्रतिज्ञाहानिर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pratijñā-hāniḥ (प्रतिज्ञा-हानिः) and avyatirekāt (अव्यतिरेकात्).