3.4.41
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.41
न चाधिकारिकमपि पतनानुमानात् तदयोगात्
na cādhikārikam api patanānumānāt tadayogāt
The line
Not cādhikārika (चाधिकारिक) even, because of a compound: patanānu (पतनानु), and a measure, a means of knowing, because of a compound: tada (तद), and a joining.
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: na (न) + cādhikārikam (चाधिकारिकम्) + api (अपि) + patanānu-mānāt (पतनानु-मानात्) + tada-yogāt (तद-योगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| cādhikārikam (चाधिकारिकम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | cādhikārika (चाधिकारिक) |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| patanānu-mānāt (पतनानु-मानात्) | ablative singular | a compound: patanānu (पतनानु), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
| tada-yogāt (तद-योगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: tada (तद), and a joining. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. cādhikārikam (चाधिकारिकम्) is cādhikārika (चाधिकारिक). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable.
patanānu-mānāt (पतनानु-मानात्) is a compound: patanānu (पतनानु), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tada-yogāt (तद-योगात्) is a compound: tada (तद), and a joining. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
patanānu-mānāt (पतनानु-मानात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss cādhikārikam (चाधिकारिकम्) and patanānu-mānāt (पतनानु-मानात्).