2.3.8
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.8
एतेन मातरिश्वा व्याख्यातः
etena mātariśvā vyākhyātaḥ
The line
By means of by this, mātariśva (मातरिश्व), explained.
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: etena (एतेन) + mātariśvā (मातरिश्वा) + vyākhyātaḥ (व्याख्यातः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| etena (एतेन) | instrumental singular | by this |
| mātariśvā (मातरिश्वा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | mātariśva (मातरिश्व) |
| vyākhyātaḥ (व्याख्यातः) | nominative singular, masculine | explained |
The phrases
etena (एतेन) is by this. It stands as instrumental singular. mātariśvā (मातरिश्वा) is mātariśva (मातरिश्व). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
vyākhyātaḥ (व्याख्यातः) is explained. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
vyākhyātaḥ (व्याख्यातः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss etena (एतेन) and mātariśvā (मातरिश्वा).