2.4.18
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.18
मांसादि भौमं यथाशब्दमितरयोश् च
māṃsādi bhaumaṃ yathāśabdamitarayoś ca
The line
In māṃsāda (मांसाद), bhauma (भौम), of a compound: as, a word, and mitara (मितर) 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: māṃsādi (मांसादि) + bhaumaṃ (भौमं) + yathā-śabda-mitarayoḥ (यथा-शब्द-मितरयोः) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| māṃsādi (मांसादि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | māṃsāda (मांसाद) |
| bhaumaṃ (भौमं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | bhauma (भौम) |
| yathā-śabda-mitarayoḥ (यथा-शब्द-मितरयोः) | genitive or locative dual | a compound: as, a word, and mitara (मितर). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
māṃsādi (मांसादि) is māṃsāda (मांसाद). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. bhaumaṃ (भौमं) is bhauma (भौम). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
yathā-śabda-mitarayoḥ (यथा-शब्द-मितरयोः) is a compound: as, a word, and mitara (मितर). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or locative dual. The line writes it yathāśabdamitarayoś (यथाशब्दमितरयोश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
yathā-śabda-mitarayoḥ (यथा-शब्द-मितरयोः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it yathāśabdamitarayoś (यथाशब्दमितरयोश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss māṃsādi (मांसादि) and bhaumaṃ (भौमं).