3.2.18
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.18
अत एव चोपमा सूर्यकादिवत्
ata eva copamā sūryakādivat
The line
Therefore, from this just, copama (चोपम), sūryakādivat (सूर्यकादिवत्).
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. darśayati (दर्शयति) from 3.2.17 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ataḥ (अतः) + eva (एव) + copamā (चोपमा) + sūryakādivat (सूर्यकादिवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ataḥ (अतः) | indeclinable | therefore, from this |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| copamā (चोपमा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | copama (चोपम) |
| sūryakādivat (सूर्यकादिवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
ataḥ (अतः) is therefore, from this. It stands as indeclinable. The line writes it ata. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable.
copamā (चोपमा) is copama (चोपम). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. sūryakādivat (सूर्यकादिवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
sūryakādivat (सूर्यकादिवत्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it ata.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss copamā (चोपमा) and sūryakādivat (सूर्यकादिवत्).