3.2.17
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.17
दर्शयति चाथो अपि स्मर्यते
darśayati cātho api smaryate
The line
Shows, a compound: and, and now even, is remembered.
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: darśayati (दर्शयति) + ca-athaḥ (च-अथः) + api (अपि) + smaryate (स्मर्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| darśayati (दर्शयति) | present, third person singular | shows |
| ca-athaḥ (च-अथः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: and, and now. Read it from the end |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| smaryate (स्मर्यते) | present, third person singular | is remembered |
The phrases
darśayati (दर्शयति) is shows. It stands as present, third person singular. ca-athaḥ (च-अथः) is a compound: and, and now. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it cātho (चाथो).
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. smaryate (स्मर्यते) is is remembered. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
darśayati (दर्शयति) is present, third person singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it cātho (चाथो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss darśayati (दर्शयति) and ca-athaḥ (च-अथः).
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3.2.18. Therefore, from this just, copama (चोपम), sūryakādivat (सूर्यकादिवत्).