3.3.56
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.56
नाना शब्दादिभेदात्
nānā śabdādibhedāt
The line
Not, not because of a compound: a word, the beginning, and the rest, and a difference.
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. bhūmnaḥ (भूम्नः) from 3.3.55 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: nā (ना) + nā (ना) + śabda-ādi-bhedāt (शब्द-आदि-भेदात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nā (ना) | indeclinable | not |
| nā (ना) | indeclinable | not |
| śabda-ādi-bhedāt (शब्द-आदि-भेदात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a word, the beginning, and the rest, and a difference. Read it from the end |
The phrases
nā (ना) is not. It stands as indeclinable. nā (ना) is not. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as nānā (नाना).
śabda-ādi-bhedāt (शब्द-आदि-भेदात्) is a compound: a word, the beginning, and the rest, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śabda-ādi-bhedāt (शब्द-आदि-भेदात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as nānā (नाना).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śabda-ādi-bhedāt (शब्द-आदि-भेदात्).