2.4.19
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.19
वैशेष्यात् तु तद्वादस् तद्वादः
vaiśeṣyāt tu tadvādas tadvādaḥ
The line
Because of vaiśeṣya (वैशेष्य) but, a compound: that, and honest debate, a compound: that, and honest debate.
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: vaiśeṣyāt (वैशेष्यात्) + tu (तु) + tad-vādaḥ (तद्-वादः) + tad-vādaḥ (तद्-वादः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vaiśeṣyāt (वैशेष्यात्) | ablative singular | vaiśeṣya (वैशेष्य) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| tad-vādaḥ (तद्-वादः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: that, and honest debate. Read it from the end |
| tad-vādaḥ (तद्-वादः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: that, and honest debate. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vaiśeṣyāt (वैशेष्यात्) is vaiśeṣya (वैशेष्य). It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
tad-vādaḥ (तद्-वादः) is a compound: that, and honest debate. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it tadvādas (तद्वाद). tad-vādaḥ (तद्-वादः) is a compound: that, and honest debate. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
vaiśeṣyāt (वैशेष्यात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it tadvādas (तद्वाद).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vaiśeṣyāt (वैशेष्यात्) and tad-vādaḥ (तद्-वादः).