3.4.15
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.15
कामकारेण चैके
kāmakāreṇa caike
The line
By means of a compound: desire, and kāra (कार) and, some.
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. stutaye (स्तुतये) from 3.4.14 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: kāma-kāreṇa (काम-कारेण) + ca (च) + eke (एके)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāma-kāreṇa (काम-कारेण) | instrumental singular | a compound: desire, and kāra (कार). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| eke (एके) | nominative plural, masculine | some |
The phrases
kāma-kāreṇa (काम-कारेण) is a compound: desire, and kāra (कार). Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
eke (एके) is some. It stands as nominative plural, masculine. The line joins them as caike.
Sanskrit in this line
kāma-kāreṇa (काम-कारेण) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as caike.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāma-kāreṇa (काम-कारेण) and eke (एके).