3.1.6
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.6
अश्रुतत्वादिति चेन् नेष्टादिकारिणां प्रतीतेः
aśrutatvād iti cen neṣṭādikāriṇāṃ pratīteḥ
The line
If you say that because of aśrutatva (अश्रुतत्व), no, of iṣṭādikāriṇa (इष्टादिकारिण), of pratīta (प्रतीत).
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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: aśrutatvād (अश्रुतत्वाद्) + iti (इति) + cen (चेन्) + na (न) + iṣṭādikāriṇāṃ (इष्टादिकारिणां) + pratīteḥ (प्रतीतेः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aśrutatvād (अश्रुतत्वाद्) | ablative singular | aśrutatva (अश्रुतत्व) |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cen (चेन्) | indeclinable | if you say. cet before n |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iṣṭādikāriṇāṃ (इष्टादिकारिणां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | iṣṭādikāriṇa (इष्टादिकारिण) |
| pratīteḥ (प्रतीतेः) | genitive or ablative singular | pratīta (प्रतीत) |
The phrases
aśrutatvād (अश्रुतत्वाद्) is aśrutatva (अश्रुतत्व). It stands as ablative singular. 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. iṣṭādikāriṇāṃ (इष्टादिकारिणां) is iṣṭādikāriṇa (इष्टादिकारिण). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. pratīteḥ (प्रतीतेः) is pratīta (प्रतीत). It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
iṣṭādikāriṇāṃ (इष्टादिकारिणां) is genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aśrutatvād (अश्रुतत्वाद्) and iṣṭādikāriṇāṃ (इष्टादिकारिणां).
Next
3.1.7. bhākta (भाक्त), because of vānātmavittva (वानात्मवित्त्व), so, in that way. Shows.