2.4.17
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.17
संज्ञामूर्तिकॢप्तिस् तु त्रिवृत्कुर्वत उपदेशात्
saṃjñāmūrtikḷptis tu trivṛtkurvata upadeśāt
The line
A compound: recognition, mūrti (मूर्ति), and kḷpta (कॢप्त) but, trivṛtkurvata (त्रिवृत्कुर्वत), because of teaching.
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: saṃjñā-mūrti-kḷptiḥ (संज्ञा-मूर्ति-कॢप्तिः) + tu (तु) + trivṛtkurvata (त्रिवृत्कुर्वत) + upadeśāt (उपदेशात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃjñā-mūrti-kḷptiḥ (संज्ञा-मूर्ति-कॢप्तिः) | nominative singular | a compound: recognition, mūrti (मूर्ति), and kḷpta (कॢप्त). Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| trivṛtkurvata (त्रिवृत्कुर्वत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| upadeśāt (उपदेशात्) | ablative singular | teaching |
The phrases
saṃjñā-mūrti-kḷptiḥ (संज्ञा-मूर्ति-कॢप्तिः) is a compound: recognition, mūrti (मूर्ति), and kḷpta (कॢप्त). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it saṃjñāmūrtikḷptis (संज्ञामूर्तिकॢप्ति). tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
trivṛtkurvata (त्रिवृत्कुर्वत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. upadeśāt (उपदेशात्) is teaching. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃjñā-mūrti-kḷptiḥ (संज्ञा-मूर्ति-कॢप्तिः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it saṃjñāmūrtikḷptis (संज्ञामूर्तिकॢप्ति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃjñā-mūrti-kḷptiḥ (संज्ञा-मूर्ति-कॢप्तिः) and trivṛtkurvata (त्रिवृत्कुर्वत).
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