3.4.29
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.29
अबाधाच् च
abādhāc ca
The line
Because of abādha (अबाध) 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. sarvān (सर्वान्) from 3.4.28 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: abādhāc (अबाधाच्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abādhāc (अबाधाच्) | ablative singular | abādha (अबाध) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
abādhāc (अबाधाच्) is abādha (अबाध). It stands as ablative singular.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
abādhāc (अबाधाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss abādhāc (अबाधाच्).