3.1.10
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.10
आनर्थक्यमिति चेन् न तदपेक्षत्वात्
ānarthakyam iti cen na tadapekṣatvāt
The line
If you say that pointlessness, no, because of tadapekṣatva (तदपेक्षत्व).
Where it sits
In Brahma Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Sādhana (साधन). The means: who is fit, what is meditated on, and the soul's path. The line is short. caraṇād (चरणाद्) from 3.1.9 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ānarthakyam (आनर्थक्यम्) + iti (इति) + cen (चेन्) + na (न) + tadapekṣatvāt (तदपेक्षत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ānarthakyam (आनर्थक्यम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | pointlessness |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cen (चेन्) | indeclinable | if you say. cet before n |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tadapekṣatvāt (तदपेक्षत्वात्) | ablative singular | tadapekṣatva (तदपेक्षत्व) |
The phrases
ānarthakyam (आनर्थक्यम्) is pointlessness. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. cen (चेन्) is if you say. cet before n. It stands as indeclinable.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. tadapekṣatvāt (तदपेक्षत्वात्) is tadapekṣatva (तदपेक्षत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadapekṣatvāt (तदपेक्षत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ānarthakyam (आनर्थक्यम्) and tadapekṣatvāt (तदपेक्षत्वात्).
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