3.3.17
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.17
अन्वयादिति चेत् स्यादवधारणात्
anvayād iti cet syād avadhāraṇāt
The line
If you say that because of anvaya (अन्वय), then it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of a settling.
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: anvayād (अन्वयाद्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्) + syād (स्याद्) + avadhāraṇāt (अवधारणात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anvayād (अन्वयाद्) | ablative singular | anvaya (अन्वय) |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| avadhāraṇāt (अवधारणात्) | ablative singular | a settling |
The phrases
anvayād (अन्वयाद्) is anvaya (अन्वय). It stands as ablative singular. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. avadhāraṇāt (अवधारणात्) is a settling. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
avadhāraṇāt (अवधारणात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anvayād (अन्वयाद्) and syād (स्याद्).
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