3.3.53
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.53
अङ्गावबद्धास्तु न शाखासु हि प्रतिवेदम्
aṅgāvabaddhāstu na śākhāsu hi prativedam
The line
aṅgāvabaddhāstu (अङ्गावबद्धास्तु), not śākhāsu (शाखासु). A compound: toward, against, and the Veda.
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: aṅgāvabaddhāstu (अङ्गावबद्धास्तु) + na (न) + śākhāsu (शाखासु) + hi (हि) + prati-vedam (प्रति-वेदम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aṅgāvabaddhāstu (अङ्गावबद्धास्तु) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| śākhāsu (शाखासु) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| prati-vedam (प्रति-वेदम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: toward, against, and the Veda. Read it from the end |
The phrases
aṅgāvabaddhāstu (अङ्गावबद्धास्तु) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. śākhāsu (शाखासु) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. prati-vedam (प्रति-वेदम्) is a compound: toward, against, and the Veda. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
aṅgāvabaddhāstu (अङ्गावबद्धास्तु) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aṅgāvabaddhāstu (अङ्गावबद्धास्तु) and śākhāsu (शाखासु).
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