3.1.14
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.14
स्मरन्ति च
smaranti ca
The line
In smaranta (स्मरन्त) and.
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. saṃyamane (संयमने) from 3.1.13 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: smaranti (स्मरन्ति) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| smaranti (स्मरन्ति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | smaranta (स्मरन्त) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
smaranti (स्मरन्ति) is smaranta (स्मरन्त). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
smaranti (स्मरन्ति) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss smaranti (स्मरन्ति).