3.2.14
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.14
अरूपवदेव हि तत्प्रधानत्वात्
arūpavadeva hi tatpradhānatvāt
The line
Not a compound: a form, and vadeva (वदेव). Because of because that is its main thing.
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. eke (एके) from 3.2.13 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: a-rūpa-vadeva (अ-रूप-वदेव) + hi (हि) + tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| a-rūpa-vadeva (अ-रूप-वदेव) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | not a compound: a form, and vadeva (वदेव). Read it from the end |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) | ablative singular | because that is its main thing |
The phrases
a-rūpa-vadeva (अ-रूप-वदेव) is not a compound: a form, and vadeva (वदेव). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable.
tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) is because that is its main thing. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss a-rūpa-vadeva (अ-रूप-वदेव) and tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्).
Next
3.2.15. Because of a compound: light, vaccā (वच्चा), vaiya (वैय), and rthya (र्थ्य).