3.1.23
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.23
नातिचिरेण विशेषात्
nāticireṇa viśeṣāt
The line
Not by means of aticira (अतिचिर), because of because of a difference.
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. tatsvābhāvyāpattirupapatteḥ (तत्स्वाभाव्यापत्तिरुपपत्तेः) from 3.1.22 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) + aticireṇa (अतिचिरेण) + viśeṣāt (विशेषात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| aticireṇa (अतिचिरेण) | instrumental singular | aticira (अतिचिर) |
| viśeṣāt (विशेषात्) | ablative singular | because of a difference |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. aticireṇa (अतिचिरेण) is aticira (अतिचिर). It stands as instrumental singular.
viśeṣāt (विशेषात्) is because of a difference. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
aticireṇa (अतिचिरेण) is instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aticireṇa (अतिचिरेण) and viśeṣāt (विशेषात्).