3.2.38
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.38
श्रुतत्वाच् च
śrutatvāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: heard, and the state of being that 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 line is short. phala-mata (फल-मत) from 3.2.37 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: śruta-tvāt (श्रुत-त्वात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śruta-tvāt (श्रुत-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: heard, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
śruta-tvāt (श्रुत-त्वात्) is a compound: heard, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it śrutatvāc (श्रुतत्वाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
śruta-tvāt (श्रुत-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it śrutatvāc (श्रुतत्वाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śruta-tvāt (श्रुत-त्वात्).
Next
3.2.39. Dharma, a property, a compound: Jaimini, and rata (रत) just.