2.4.12
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.12
अणुश् च
aṇuś ca
The line
An atom and.
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. pañcavṛttir (पञ्चवृत्तिर्) from 2.4.11 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: aṇuḥ (अणुः) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aṇuḥ (अणुः) | nominative singular | an atom |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
aṇuḥ (अणुः) is an atom. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it aṇuś (अणुश्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
aṇuḥ (अणुः) is nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it aṇuś (अणुश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aṇuḥ (अणुः).