3.3.38
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.38
कामादीतरत्र तत्र चाऽयतनादिभ्यः
kāmādītaratra tatra cā'yatanādibhyaḥ
The line
kāmādītaratra (कामादीतरत्र), there, for cā'yatanāda (चाऽयतनाद).
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: kāmādītaratra (कामादीतरत्र) + tatra (तत्र) + cā'yatanādibhyaḥ (चाऽयतनादिभ्यः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāmādītaratra (कामादीतरत्र) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there |
| cā'yatanādibhyaḥ (चाऽयतनादिभ्यः) | dative or ablative plural | cā'yatanāda (चाऽयतनाद) |
The phrases
kāmādītaratra (कामादीतरत्र) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tatra (तत्र) is there. It stands as indeclinable.
cā'yatanādibhyaḥ (चाऽयतनादिभ्यः) is cā'yatanāda (चाऽयतनाद). It stands as dative or ablative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
The apostrophe is an avagraha. It marks an a that sandhi dropped. The sitting puts that a back.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāmādītaratra (कामादीतरत्र) and tatra (तत्र).