3.2.9
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.9
स एव तु कर्मानुस्मृतिशब्दविधिभ्यः
sa eva tu karmānusmṛtiśabdavidhibhyaḥ
The line
He, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant just but, for a compound: karmānu (कर्मानु), memory, a word, and vidha (विध).
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. prabodho (प्रबोधो) from 3.2.8 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: sa (स) + eva (एव) + tu (तु) + karmānu-smṛti-śabda-vidhibhyaḥ (कर्मानु-स्मृति-शब्द-विधिभ्यः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| karmānu-smṛti-śabda-vidhibhyaḥ (कर्मानु-स्मृति-शब्द-विधिभ्यः) | dative or ablative plural | a compound: karmānu (कर्मानु), memory, a word, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end |
The phrases
sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable.
tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. karmānu-smṛti-śabda-vidhibhyaḥ (कर्मानु-स्मृति-शब्द-विधिभ्यः) is a compound: karmānu (कर्मानु), memory, a word, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end. It stands as dative or ablative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
karmānu-smṛti-śabda-vidhibhyaḥ (कर्मानु-स्मृति-शब्द-विधिभ्यः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sa (स) and karmānu-smṛti-śabda-vidhibhyaḥ (कर्मानु-स्मृति-शब्द-विधिभ्यः).