2.4.16
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.16
भेदश्रुतेर् वैलक्षण्याच् च
bhedaśruter vailakṣaṇyāc ca
The line
Of a compound: a difference, and heard, because of vailakṣaṇya (वैलक्षण्य) 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. ta (त) from 2.4.15 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: bheda-śruteḥ (भेद-श्रुतेः) + vailakṣaṇyāc (वैलक्षण्याच्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bheda-śruteḥ (भेद-श्रुतेः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: a difference, and heard. Read it from the end |
| vailakṣaṇyāc (वैलक्षण्याच्) | ablative singular | vailakṣaṇya (वैलक्षण्य) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
bheda-śruteḥ (भेद-श्रुतेः) is a compound: a difference, and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it bhedaśruter (भेदश्रुतेर्). vailakṣaṇyāc (वैलक्षण्याच्) is vailakṣaṇya (वैलक्षण्य). It stands as ablative singular.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
bheda-śruteḥ (भेद-श्रुतेः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it bhedaśruter (भेदश्रुतेर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bheda-śruteḥ (भेद-श्रुतेः) and vailakṣaṇyāc (वैलक्षण्याच्).