3.2.6
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.6
सूचकश् च हि श्रुतेराचक्षते च तद्विदः
sūcakaś ca hi śruterācakṣate ca tadvidaḥ
The line
sūcakaś (सूचकश्) and. In śruterācakṣata (श्रुतेराचक्षत) and, a compound: that, and one who knows.
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: sūcakaś (सूचकश्) + ca (च) + hi (हि) + śruterācakṣate (श्रुतेराचक्षते) + ca (च) + tad-vid-aḥ (तद्-विद्-अः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sūcakaś (सूचकश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| śruterācakṣate (श्रुतेराचक्षते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | śruterācakṣata (श्रुतेराचक्षत) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tad-vid-aḥ (तद्-विद्-अः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: that, and one who knows. Read it from the end |
The phrases
sūcakaś (सूचकश्) 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. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable.
śruterācakṣate (श्रुतेराचक्षते) is śruterācakṣata (श्रुतेराचक्षत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. tad-vid-aḥ (तद्-विद्-अः) is a compound: that, and one who knows. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
śruterācakṣate (श्रुतेराचक्षते) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sūcakaś (सूचकश्) and śruterācakṣate (श्रुतेराचक्षते).
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3.2.7. That, absence, nāḍīṣu (नाडीषु), in tacchruterātmana (तच्छ्रुतेरात्मन) and.