2.3.50
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.50
अदृष्टानियमात्
adṛṣṭāniyamāt
The line
Because of a compound: what is not seen, and the absence of a fixed rule.
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. ābhāsa (आभास) from 2.3.49 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: adṛṣṭa-aniyamāt (अदृष्ट-अनियमात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| adṛṣṭa-aniyamāt (अदृष्ट-अनियमात्) | ablative singular | a compound: what is not seen, and the absence of a fixed rule. Read it from the end |
The phrases
adṛṣṭa-aniyamāt (अदृष्ट-अनियमात्) is a compound: what is not seen, and the absence of a fixed rule. 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
adṛṣṭa-aniyamāt (अदृष्ट-अनियमात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss adṛṣṭa-aniyamāt (अदृष्ट-अनियमात्).