3.4.21
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.21
स्तुतिमात्रमुपादानादिति चेन् नापूर्वत्वात्
stutimātram upādānād iti cen nāpūrvatvāt
The line
If you say that stutimātra (स्तुतिमात्र), because of the material, no, because of a compound: the unseen, and the state of being that.
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: stutimātram (स्तुतिमात्रम्) + upādānāt (उपादानात्) + iti (इति) + cen (चेन्) + na (न) + apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| stutimātram (स्तुतिमात्रम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | stutimātra (स्तुतिमात्र) |
| upādānāt (उपादानात्) | ablative singular | the material |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cen (चेन्) | indeclinable | if you say. cet before n |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the unseen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
stutimātram (स्तुतिमात्रम्) is stutimātra (स्तुतिमात्र). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. upādānāt (उपादानात्) is the material. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it upādānād (उपादानाद्). iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable.
cen (चेन्) is if you say. cet before n. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्) is a compound: the unseen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
stutimātram (स्तुतिमात्रम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it upādānād (उपादानाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss stutimātram (स्तुतिमात्रम्) and upādānāt (उपादानात्).