3.1.18
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.18
न तृतीये तथोपलब्धेः
na tṛtīye tathopalabdheḥ
The line
Not in a third, of tathopalabdha (तथोपलब्ध).
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. vidyā-karmaṇoḥ (विद्या-कर्मणोः) from 3.1.17 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) + tṛtīye (तृतीये) + tathopalabdheḥ (तथोपलब्धेः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tṛtīye (तृतीये) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a third |
| tathopalabdheḥ (तथोपलब्धेः) | genitive or ablative singular | tathopalabdha (तथोपलब्ध) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. tṛtīye (तृतीये) is a third. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
tathopalabdheḥ (तथोपलब्धेः) is tathopalabdha (तथोपलब्ध). It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tathopalabdheḥ (तथोपलब्धेः) is genitive or ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tṛtīye (तृतीये) and tathopalabdheḥ (तथोपलब्धेः).