3.3.58
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.58
काम्यास्तु यथाकामं समुच्चीयेरन्न वा पूर्वहेत्वभावात्
kāmyāstu yathākāmaṃ samuccīyeranna vā pūrvahetvabhāvāt
The line
kāmyāstu (काम्यास्तु), as one desires, samuccīyeranna (समुच्चीयेरन्न) or, because of a compound: the earlier, a reason, and absence.
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: kāmyāstu (काम्यास्तु) + yathākāmaṃ (यथाकामं) + samuccīyeranna (समुच्चीयेरन्न) + vā (वा) + pūrva-hetu-abhāvāt (पूर्व-हेतु-अभावात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāmyāstu (काम्यास्तु) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| yathākāmaṃ (यथाकामं) | accusative singular, masculine | as one desires |
| samuccīyeranna (समुच्चीयेरन्न) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| pūrva-hetu-abhāvāt (पूर्व-हेतु-अभावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the earlier, a reason, and absence. Read it from the end |
The phrases
kāmyāstu (काम्यास्तु) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. yathākāmaṃ (यथाकामं) is as one desires. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. samuccīyeranna (समुच्चीयेरन्न) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. pūrva-hetu-abhāvāt (पूर्व-हेतु-अभावात्) is a compound: the earlier, a reason, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pūrva-hetu-abhāvāt (पूर्व-हेतु-अभावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāmyāstu (काम्यास्तु) and yathākāmaṃ (यथाकामं).
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