3.4.28
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.28
सर्वान् नानुमतिश् च प्राणात्यये तद्दर्शनात्
sarvān nānumatiś ca prāṇātyaye taddarśanāt
The line
All, nānumatiś (नानुमतिश्) and, for prāṇātya (प्राणात्य), that, because of from seeing, because one sees.
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: sarvān (सर्वान्) + nānumatiś (नानुमतिश्) + ca (च) + prāṇātyaye (प्राणात्यये) + tad (तद्) + darśanāt (दर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarvān (सर्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | all |
| nānumatiś (नानुमतिश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| prāṇātyaye (प्राणात्यये) | dative singular | prāṇātya (प्राणात्य) |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| darśanāt (दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | from seeing, because one sees |
The phrases
sarvān (सर्वान्) is all. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. nānumatiś (नानुमतिश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
prāṇātyaye (प्राणात्यये) is prāṇātya (प्राणात्य). It stands as dative singular. tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. darśanāt (दर्शनात्) is from seeing, because one sees. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as taddarśanāt (तद्दर्शनात्).
Sanskrit in this line
prāṇātyaye (प्राणात्यये) is dative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as taddarśanāt (तद्दर्शनात्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarvān (सर्वान्) and nānumatiś (नानुमतिश्).