3.4.26
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.26
सर्वापेक्षा च यज्ञादिश्रुतेरश्ववत्
sarvāpekṣā ca yajñādiśruter aśvavat
The line
A compound: all, and a need and, of a compound: a sacrifice, the beginning, and the rest, and heard, aśvavat (अश्ववत्).
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: sarva-apekṣā (सर्व-अपेक्षा) + ca (च) + yajña-ādi-śruteḥ (यज्ञ-आदि-श्रुतेः) + aśvavat (अश्ववत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarva-apekṣā (सर्व-अपेक्षा) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: all, and a need. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| yajña-ādi-śruteḥ (यज्ञ-आदि-श्रुतेः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: a sacrifice, the beginning, and the rest, and heard. Read it from the end |
| aśvavat (अश्ववत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
sarva-apekṣā (सर्व-अपेक्षा) is a compound: all, and a need. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
yajña-ādi-śruteḥ (यज्ञ-आदि-श्रुतेः) is a compound: a sacrifice, the beginning, and the rest, and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it yajñādiśruter (यज्ञादिश्रुतेर्). aśvavat (अश्ववत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
yajña-ādi-śruteḥ (यज्ञ-आदि-श्रुतेः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it yajñādiśruter (यज्ञादिश्रुतेर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarva-apekṣā (सर्व-अपेक्षा) and yajña-ādi-śruteḥ (यज्ञ-आदि-श्रुतेः).