3.3.51
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.51
एक आत्मनः शरीरे भावात्
eka ātmanaḥ śarīre bhāvāt
The line
One, of of the self, from the self, in the body, because of a state.
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: eka (एक) + ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) + śarīre (शरीरे) + bhāvāt (भावात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| eka (एक) | the stem, as the line writes it | one |
| ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) | genitive or ablative singular | of the self, from the self |
| śarīre (शरीरे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | the body |
| bhāvāt (भावात्) | ablative singular | a state |
The phrases
eka (एक) is one. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) is of the self, from the self. It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
śarīre (शरीरे) is the body. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. bhāvāt (भावात्) is a state. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) is genitive or ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss eka (एक) and ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः).
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3.3.52. vyatirekastadbhāvabhāvitvānna (व्यतिरेकस्तद्भावभावित्वान्न), tūpalabdhivat (तूपलब्धिवत्).