3.3.30
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.30
उपपन्नस् तल्लक्षणार्थोपलब्धेर् लोकवत्
upapannas tallakṣaṇārthopalabdher lokavat
The line
upapannas (उपपन्न), tallakṣaṇārthopalabdher (तल्लक्षणार्थोपलब्धेर्), as in the world.
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: upapannas (उपपन्न) + tallakṣaṇārthopalabdher (तल्लक्षणार्थोपलब्धेर्) + lokavat (लोकवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| upapannas (उपपन्न) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tallakṣaṇārthopalabdher (तल्लक्षणार्थोपलब्धेर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| lokavat (लोकवत्) | indeclinable | as in the world |
The phrases
upapannas (उपपन्न) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tallakṣaṇārthopalabdher (तल्लक्षणार्थोपलब्धेर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
lokavat (लोकवत्) is as in the world. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
tallakṣaṇārthopalabdher (तल्लक्षणार्थोपलब्धेर्) 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 upapannas (उपपन्न) and tallakṣaṇārthopalabdher (तल्लक्षणार्थोपलब्धेर्).