2.4.8
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.8
न वायुक्रिये पृथगुपदेशात्
na vāyukriye pṛthagupadeśāt
The line
Not in a compound: air, and kriya (क्रिय), because of a compound: pṛtha (पृथ), gupa (गुप), and a place.
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. śreṣṭhaś (श्रेष्ठश्) from 2.4.7 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + vāyu-kriye (वायु-क्रिये) + pṛtha-gupa-deśāt (पृथ-गुप-देशात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vāyu-kriye (वायु-क्रिये) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: air, and kriya (क्रिय). Read it from the end |
| pṛtha-gupa-deśāt (पृथ-गुप-देशात्) | ablative singular | a compound: pṛtha (पृथ), gupa (गुप), and a place. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vāyu-kriye (वायु-क्रिये) is a compound: air, and kriya (क्रिय). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
pṛtha-gupa-deśāt (पृथ-गुप-देशात्) is a compound: pṛtha (पृथ), gupa (गुप), and a place. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pṛtha-gupa-deśāt (पृथ-गुप-देशात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vāyu-kriye (वायु-क्रिये) and pṛtha-gupa-deśāt (पृथ-गुप-देशात्).
Next
2.4.9. cakṣurādivat (चक्षुरादिवत्) but, for tatsahaśiṣṭyāda (तत्सहशिष्ट्याद).