3.3.20

Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.20

सम्बन्धादेवमन्यत्रापि

sambandhādevamanyatrāpi

The line

In sambandhādevamanyatrāpa (सम्बन्धादेवमन्यत्राप).

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. samāna (समान) from 3.3.19 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).

Split: sambandhādevamanyatrāpi (सम्बन्धादेवमन्यत्रापि)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
sambandhādevamanyatrāpi (सम्बन्धादेवमन्यत्रापि)locative singular, or nominative singularsambandhādevamanyatrāpa (सम्बन्धादेवमन्यत्राप)

The phrases

sambandhādevamanyatrāpi (सम्बन्धादेवमन्यत्रापि) is sambandhādevamanyatrāpa (सम्बन्धादेवमन्यत्राप). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.

Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.

Sanskrit in this line

sambandhādevamanyatrāpi (सम्बन्धादेवमन्यत्रापि) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss sambandhādevamanyatrāpi (सम्बन्धादेवमन्यत्रापि).

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