3.4.25
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.25
अत एव चाग्नीन्धनाद्यनपेक्षा
ata eva cāgnīndhanādyanapekṣā
The line
Therefore, from this just, cāgnīndhanādyanapekṣa (चाग्नीन्धनाद्यनपेक्ष).
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. caika-vākyopa-bandhāt (चैक-वाक्योप-बन्धात्) from 3.4.24 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ataḥ (अतः) + eva (एव) + cāgnīndhanādyanapekṣā (चाग्नीन्धनाद्यनपेक्षा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ataḥ (अतः) | indeclinable | therefore, from this |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| cāgnīndhanādyanapekṣā (चाग्नीन्धनाद्यनपेक्षा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | cāgnīndhanādyanapekṣa (चाग्नीन्धनाद्यनपेक्ष) |
The phrases
ataḥ (अतः) is therefore, from this. It stands as indeclinable. The line writes it ata. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable.
cāgnīndhanādyanapekṣā (चाग्नीन्धनाद्यनपेक्षा) is cāgnīndhanādyanapekṣa (चाग्नीन्धनाद्यनपेक्ष). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
cāgnīndhanādyanapekṣā (चाग्नीन्धनाद्यनपेक्षा) is nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it ata.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss cāgnīndhanādyanapekṣā (चाग्नीन्धनाद्यनपेक्षा).