3.3.15
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.15
आत्मशब्दाच् च
ātmaśabdāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: ātma (आत्म), and a word 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. ādhyānāya (आध्यानाय) from 3.3.14 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ātma-śabdāt (आत्म-शब्दात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ātma-śabdāt (आत्म-शब्दात्) | ablative singular | a compound: ātma (आत्म), and a word. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
ātma-śabdāt (आत्म-शब्दात्) is a compound: ātma (आत्म), and a word. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it ātmaśabdāc (आत्मशब्दाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
ātma-śabdāt (आत्म-शब्दात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it ātmaśabdāc (आत्मशब्दाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ātma-śabdāt (आत्म-शब्दात्).
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