3.3.7
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.7
न वा प्रकरणभेदात् परोवरीयस्त्वादिवत्
na vā prakaraṇabhedāt parovarīyastvādivat
The line
Not or, because of a compound: the context, and a difference, parovarīyastvādivat (परोवरीयस्त्वादिवत्).
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. anya-thātvaṃ (अन्य-थात्वं) from 3.3.6 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + vā (वा) + prakaraṇa-bhedāt (प्रकरण-भेदात्) + parovarīyastvādivat (परोवरीयस्त्वादिवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prakaraṇa-bhedāt (प्रकरण-भेदात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the context, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| parovarīyastvādivat (परोवरीयस्त्वादिवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
prakaraṇa-bhedāt (प्रकरण-भेदात्) is a compound: the context, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. parovarīyastvādivat (परोवरीयस्त्वादिवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
parovarīyastvādivat (परोवरीयस्त्वादिवत्) 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 prakaraṇa-bhedāt (प्रकरण-भेदात्) and parovarīyastvādivat (परोवरीयस्त्वादिवत्).