3.1.4
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.4
अग्न्यादिश्रुतेरिति चेन् न भाक्तत्वात्
agnyādiśruter iti cen na bhāktatvāt
The line
If you say that of a compound: fire, the beginning, and the rest, and heard, no, because of bhāktatva (भाक्तत्व).
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. prāṇa-gateḥ (प्राण-गतेः) from 3.1.3 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: agni-ādi-śruteḥ (अग्नि-आदि-श्रुतेः) + iti (इति) + cen (चेन्) + na (न) + bhāktatvāt (भाक्तत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| agni-ādi-śruteḥ (अग्नि-आदि-श्रुतेः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: fire, the beginning, and the rest, and heard. Read it from the end |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cen (चेन्) | indeclinable | if you say. cet before n |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| bhāktatvāt (भाक्तत्वात्) | ablative singular | bhāktatva (भाक्तत्व) |
The phrases
agni-ādi-śruteḥ (अग्नि-आदि-श्रुतेः) is a compound: fire, the beginning, and the rest, and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it agnyādiśruter (अग्न्यादिश्रुतेर्). 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. bhāktatvāt (भाक्तत्वात्) is bhāktatva (भाक्तत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
agni-ādi-śruteḥ (अग्नि-आदि-श्रुतेः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it agnyādiśruter (अग्न्यादिश्रुतेर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss agni-ādi-śruteḥ (अग्नि-आदि-श्रुतेः) and bhāktatvāt (भाक्तत्वात्).