3.4.32
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.32
विहितत्वाच् चाऽश्रमकर्मापि
vihitatvāc cā'śramakarmāpi
The line
Because of vihitatva (विहितत्व), a compound: cā'śrama (चाऽश्रम), and action even.
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. śabdaḥ (शब्दः) from 3.4.31 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vihitatvāc (विहितत्वाच्) + cā'śrama-karma (चाऽश्रम-कर्म) + api (अपि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vihitatvāc (विहितत्वाच्) | ablative singular | vihitatva (विहितत्व) |
| cā'śrama-karma (चाऽश्रम-कर्म) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: cā'śrama (चाऽश्रम), and action. Read it from the end |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
The phrases
vihitatvāc (विहितत्वाच्) is vihitatva (विहितत्व). It stands as ablative singular. cā'śrama-karma (चाऽश्रम-कर्म) is a compound: cā'śrama (चाऽश्रम), and action. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as cā (चा)'śramakarmāpi (श्रमकर्मापि).
Sanskrit in this line
cā'śrama-karma (चाऽश्रम-कर्म) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins it on as cā (चा)'śramakarmāpi (श्रमकर्मापि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vihitatvāc (विहितत्वाच्) and cā'śrama-karma (चाऽश्रम-कर्म).
Next
3.4.33. By means of a compound: with, and kāritva (कारित्व) and.