3.3.46
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.46
विद्यैव तु निर्धारणाद्दर्शनाच् च
vidyaiva tu nirdhāraṇāddarśanāc ca
The line
A compound: knowing, and only, just but, because of nirdhāraṇāddarśana (निर्धारणाद्दर्शन) and.
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 line is short. atideśāt (अतिदेशात्) from 3.3.45 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vidyā-eva (विद्या-एव) + tu (तु) + nirdhāraṇāddarśanāc (निर्धारणाद्दर्शनाच्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidyā-eva (विद्या-एव) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: knowing, and only, just. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| nirdhāraṇāddarśanāc (निर्धारणाद्दर्शनाच्) | ablative singular | nirdhāraṇāddarśana (निर्धारणाद्दर्शन) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
vidyā-eva (विद्या-एव) is a compound: knowing, and only, just. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
nirdhāraṇāddarśanāc (निर्धारणाद्दर्शनाच्) is nirdhāraṇāddarśana (निर्धारणाद्दर्शन). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
nirdhāraṇāddarśanāc (निर्धारणाद्दर्शनाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vidyā-eva (विद्या-एव) and nirdhāraṇāddarśanāc (निर्धारणाद्दर्शनाच्).