3.3.2
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.2
भेदान् नेति चेदेकस्यामपि
bhedān neti ced ekasyām api
The line
If you say that a difference, not, then of ekasya (एकस्य) even.
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. sarva-vedānta-pratyayaṃ (सर्व-वेदान्त-प्रत्ययं) from 3.3.1 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: bhedān (भेदान्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + ced (चेद्) + ekasyām (एकस्याम्) + api (अपि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhedān (भेदान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a difference |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| ced (चेद्) | indeclinable | if you say. cet before a voiced sound |
| ekasyām (एकस्याम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | ekasya (एकस्य) |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
The phrases
bhedān (भेदान्) is a difference. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as neti.
ced (चेद्) is if you say. cet before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. ekasyām (एकस्याम्) is ekasya (एकस्य). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
ekasyām (एकस्याम्) is genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as neti.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhedān (भेदान्) and ekasyām (एकस्याम्).