3.2.7
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.7
तदभावो नाडीषु तच्छ्रुतेरात्मनि च
tadabhāvo nāḍīṣu tacchruterātmani ca
The line
That, absence, nāḍīṣu (नाडीषु), in tacchruterātmana (तच्छ्रुतेरात्मन) 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: tad (तद्) + abhāvaḥ (अभावः) + nāḍīṣu (नाडीषु) + tacchruterātmani (तच्छ्रुतेरात्मनि) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| abhāvaḥ (अभावः) | nominative singular, masculine | absence |
| nāḍīṣu (नाडीषु) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tacchruterātmani (तच्छ्रुतेरात्मनि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | tacchruterātmana (तच्छ्रुतेरात्मन) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. abhāvaḥ (अभावः) is absence. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as tadabhāvo (तदभावो). nāḍīṣu (नाडीषु) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
tacchruterātmani (तच्छ्रुतेरात्मनि) is tacchruterātmana (तच्छ्रुतेरात्मन). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
tacchruterātmani (तच्छ्रुतेरात्मनि) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as tadabhāvo (तदभावो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss abhāvaḥ (अभावः) and nāḍīṣu (नाडीषु).
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3.2.8. Therefore, from this, prabodha (प्रबोध), because of asma (अस्म).