3.1.15
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.15
अपि सप्त
api sapta
The line
Even, seven.
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. smaranti (स्मरन्ति) from 3.1.14 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: api (अपि) + sapta (सप्त)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| sapta (सप्त) | indeclinable | seven |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable.
sapta (सप्त) is seven. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
sapta (सप्त) is indeclinable. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sapta (सप्त).
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