3.2.3
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.3
मायामात्रं तु कार्त्स्न्येनानभिव्यक्तस्वरूपत्वात्
māyāmātraṃ tu kārtsnyenānabhivyaktasvarūpatvāt
The line
māyāmātra (मायामात्र) but, a compound: kārtsnye (कार्त्स्न्ये), nāna (नान), bhivyakta (भिव्यक्त), own form, and tvāta (त्वात).
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. nirmātāraṃ (निर्मातारं) from 3.2.2 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: māyāmātraṃ (मायामात्रं) + tu (तु) + kārtsnye-nāna-bhivyakta-svarūpa-tvāta (कार्त्स्न्ये-नान-भिव्यक्त-स्वरूप-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| māyāmātraṃ (मायामात्रं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | māyāmātra (मायामात्र) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| kārtsnye-nāna-bhivyakta-svarūpa-tvāta (कार्त्स्न्ये-नान-भिव्यक्त-स्वरूप-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: kārtsnye (कार्त्स्न्ये), nāna (नान), bhivyakta (भिव्यक्त), own form, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
māyāmātraṃ (मायामात्रं) is māyāmātra (मायामात्र). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
kārtsnye-nāna-bhivyakta-svarūpa-tvāta (कार्त्स्न्ये-नान-भिव्यक्त-स्वरूप-त्वात) is a compound: kārtsnye (कार्त्स्न्ये), nāna (नान), bhivyakta (भिव्यक्त), own form, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
kārtsnye-nāna-bhivyakta-svarūpa-tvāta (कार्त्स्न्ये-नान-भिव्यक्त-स्वरूप-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss māyāmātraṃ (मायामात्रं) and kārtsnye-nāna-bhivyakta-svarūpa-tvāta (कार्त्स्न्ये-नान-भिव्यक्त-स्वरूप-त्वात).