2.4.4
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.4
सप्त गतेर् विशेषितत्वाच् च
sapta gater viśeṣitatvāc ca
The line
Seven, of going, a course, because of viśeṣitatva (विशेषितत्व) 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: sapta (सप्त) + gateḥ (गतेः) + viśeṣitatvāc (विशेषितत्वाच्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sapta (सप्त) | indeclinable | seven |
| gateḥ (गतेः) | genitive or ablative singular | going, a course |
| viśeṣitatvāc (विशेषितत्वाच्) | ablative singular | viśeṣitatva (विशेषितत्व) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
sapta (सप्त) is seven. It stands as indeclinable. gateḥ (गतेः) is going, a course. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it gater.
viśeṣitatvāc (विशेषितत्वाच्) is viśeṣitatva (विशेषितत्व). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
viśeṣitatvāc (विशेषितत्वाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it gater.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sapta (सप्त) and gateḥ (गतेः).