3.3.44
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.44
पूर्वविकल्पः प्रकरणात्स्यात् क्रियामानसवत्
pūrvavikalpaḥ prakaraṇātsyāt kriyāmānasavat
The line
A compound: the earlier, and an alternative, a division, because of because of the context, it would be, let it be granted, a compound: an act, mental, and possessing.
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: pūrva-vikalpaḥ (पूर्व-विकल्पः) + prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) + syāt (स्यात्) + kriyā-mānasa-vat (क्रिया-मानस-वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pūrva-vikalpaḥ (पूर्व-विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: the earlier, and an alternative, a division. Read it from the end |
| prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) | ablative singular | because of the context |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| kriyā-mānasa-vat (क्रिया-मानस-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an act, mental, and possessing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
pūrva-vikalpaḥ (पूर्व-विकल्पः) is a compound: the earlier, and an alternative, a division. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) is because of the context. It stands as ablative singular.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. The line joins them as prakaraṇātsyāt (प्रकरणात्स्यात्). kriyā-mānasa-vat (क्रिया-मानस-वत्) is a compound: an act, mental, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
kriyā-mānasa-vat (क्रिया-मानस-वत्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as prakaraṇātsyāt (प्रकरणात्स्यात्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pūrva-vikalpaḥ (पूर्व-विकल्पः) and prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्).