3.4.16
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.16
उपमर्दं च
upamardaṃ ca
The line
upamarda (उपमर्द) and.
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. kāma-kāreṇa (काम-कारेण) from 3.4.15 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: upamardaṃ (उपमर्दं) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| upamardaṃ (उपमर्दं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | upamarda (उपमर्द) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
upamardaṃ (उपमर्दं) is upamarda (उपमर्द). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
upamardaṃ (उपमर्दं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss upamardaṃ (उपमर्दं).
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