3.3.31
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.31
यावदधिकारमवस्थितिराधिकारिकाणाम्
yāvadadhikāram avasthitir ādhikārikāṇām
The line
yāvadadhikāra (यावदधिकार), avasthitir (अवस्थितिर्), a compound: ādhi (आधि), a verse, and ṇāma (णाम).
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: yāvadadhikāram (यावदधिकारम्) + avasthitir (अवस्थितिर्) + ādhi-kārikā-ṇāma (आधि-कारिका-णाम)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yāvadadhikāram (यावदधिकारम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | yāvadadhikāra (यावदधिकार) |
| avasthitir (अवस्थितिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ādhi-kārikā-ṇāma (आधि-कारिका-णाम) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: ādhi (आधि), a verse, and ṇāma (णाम). Read it from the end |
The phrases
yāvadadhikāram (यावदधिकारम्) is yāvadadhikāra (यावदधिकार). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. avasthitir (अवस्थितिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
ādhi-kārikā-ṇāma (आधि-कारिका-णाम) is a compound: ādhi (आधि), a verse, and ṇāma (णाम). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
ādhi-kārikā-ṇāma (आधि-कारिका-णाम) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yāvadadhikāram (यावदधिकारम्) and avasthitir (अवस्थितिर्).