2.4.1
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.1
तथा प्राणाः
tathā prāṇāḥ
The line
So, in that way, prāṇa (प्राण).
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. pradeśa-bhedāt (प्रदेश-भेदात्) from 2.3.52 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tathā (तथा) + prāṇāḥ (प्राणाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| prāṇāḥ (प्राणाः) | nominative plural | prāṇa (प्राण) |
The phrases
tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable.
prāṇāḥ (प्राणाः) is prāṇa (प्राण). It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
prāṇāḥ (प्राणाः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prāṇāḥ (प्राणाः).