3.2.2
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.2
निर्मातारं चैके पुत्रादयश् च
nirmātāraṃ caike putrādayaś ca
The line
nirmātāra (निर्मातार) and, some, putrādayaś (पुत्रादयश्) and.
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: nirmātāraṃ (निर्मातारं) + ca (च) + eke (एके) + putrādayaś (पुत्रादयश्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nirmātāraṃ (निर्मातारं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | nirmātāra (निर्मातार) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| eke (एके) | nominative plural, masculine | some |
| putrādayaś (पुत्रादयश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
nirmātāraṃ (निर्मातारं) is nirmātāra (निर्मातार). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. eke (एके) is some. It stands as nominative plural, masculine. The line joins them as caike.
putrādayaś (पुत्रादयश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
nirmātāraṃ (निर्मातारं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as caike.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nirmātāraṃ (निर्मातारं) and eke (एके).