2.3.7
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.7
यावद्विकारं तु विभागो लोकवत्
yāvadvikāraṃ tu vibhāgo lokavat
The line
yāvadvikāra (यावद्विकार) but, disjunction, as in the world.
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: yāvadvikāraṃ (यावद्विकारं) + tu (तु) + vibhāgaḥ (विभागः) + lokavat (लोकवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yāvadvikāraṃ (यावद्विकारं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | yāvadvikāra (यावद्विकार) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vibhāgaḥ (विभागः) | nominative singular, masculine | disjunction |
| lokavat (लोकवत्) | indeclinable | as in the world |
The phrases
yāvadvikāraṃ (यावद्विकारं) is yāvadvikāra (यावद्विकार). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
vibhāgaḥ (विभागः) is disjunction. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vibhāgo (विभागो). lokavat (लोकवत्) is as in the world. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
yāvadvikāraṃ (यावद्विकारं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vibhāgo (विभागो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yāvadvikāraṃ (यावद्विकारं) and vibhāgaḥ (विभागः).
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