3.3.26
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.26
हानौ तूपायनशब्दशेषत्वात् कुशाच्छन्दस्स्तुत्युपगानवत्तदुक्तम्
hānau tūpāyanaśabdaśeṣatvāt kuśācchandasstutyupagānavattaduktam
The line
Abandonment, a compound: tūpā (तूपा), yana (यन), a word, the rest, what remains over, and tvāta (त्वात), kuśācchandasstutyupagānavattadukta (कुशाच्छन्दस्स्तुत्युपगानवत्तदुक्त).
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: hānau (हानौ) + tūpā-yana-śabda-śeṣa-tvāta (तूपा-यन-शब्द-शेष-त्वात) + kuśācchandasstutyupagānavattaduktam (कुशाच्छन्दस्स्तुत्युपगानवत्तदुक्तम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| hānau (हानौ) | nominative or accusative dual, neuter | abandonment |
| tūpā-yana-śabda-śeṣa-tvāta (तूपा-यन-शब्द-शेष-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: tūpā (तूपा), yana (यन), a word, the rest, what remains over, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
| kuśācchandasstutyupagānavattaduktam (कुशाच्छन्दस्स्तुत्युपगानवत्तदुक्तम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | kuśācchandasstutyupagānavattadukta (कुशाच्छन्दस्स्तुत्युपगानवत्तदुक्त) |
The phrases
hānau (हानौ) is abandonment. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tūpā-yana-śabda-śeṣa-tvāta (तूपा-यन-शब्द-शेष-त्वात) is a compound: tūpā (तूपा), yana (यन), a word, the rest, what remains over, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
kuśācchandasstutyupagānavattaduktam (कुशाच्छन्दस्स्तुत्युपगानवत्तदुक्तम्) is kuśācchandasstutyupagānavattadukta (कुशाच्छन्दस्स्तुत्युपगानवत्तदुक्त). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
kuśācchandasstutyupagānavattaduktam (कुशाच्छन्दस्स्तुत्युपगानवत्तदुक्तम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss hānau (हानौ) and tūpā-yana-śabda-śeṣa-tvāta (तूपा-यन-शब्द-शेष-त्वात).