3.3.16
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.16
आत्मगृहीतिरितरवदुत्तरात्
ātmagṛhītir itaravad uttarāt
The line
ātmagṛhītir (आत्मगृहीतिर्), a compound: the other, and vada (वद), because of the later.
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: ātmagṛhītir (आत्मगृहीतिर्) + itara-vada (इतर-वद) + uttarāt (उत्तरात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ātmagṛhītir (आत्मगृहीतिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| itara-vada (इतर-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the other, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| uttarāt (उत्तरात्) | ablative singular | the later |
The phrases
ātmagṛhītir (आत्मगृहीतिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. itara-vada (इतर-वद) is a compound: the other, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
uttarāt (उत्तरात्) is the later. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ātmagṛhītir (आत्मगृहीतिर्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ātmagṛhītir (आत्मगृहीतिर्) and itara-vada (इतर-वद).