2.4.3
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.3
तत्पूर्वकत्वाद् वाचः
tatpūrvakatvād vācaḥ
The line
Because of tatpūrvakatva (तत्पूर्वकत्व), speech.
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. gauṇya-saṃbhavāt (गौण्य-संभवात्) from 2.4.2 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tatpūrvakatvād (तत्पूर्वकत्वाद्) + vācaḥ (वाचः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tatpūrvakatvād (तत्पूर्वकत्वाद्) | ablative singular | tatpūrvakatva (तत्पूर्वकत्व) |
| vācaḥ (वाचः) | nominative singular, feminine | speech |
The phrases
tatpūrvakatvād (तत्पूर्वकत्वाद्) is tatpūrvakatva (तत्पूर्वकत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
vācaḥ (वाचः) is speech. It stands as nominative singular, feminine.
Sanskrit in this line
tatpūrvakatvād (तत्पूर्वकत्वाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tatpūrvakatvād (तत्पूर्वकत्वाद्) and vācaḥ (वाचः).
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