4.1.18
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.18
यदेव विद्ययेति हि
yad eva vidyayeti hi
The line
Which just, in vidyayeta (विद्ययेत).
Where it sits
In Brahma Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. Phala. The result. The last line says there is no return. The line is short. anya (अन्य) from 4.1.17 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: yad (यद्) + eva (एव) + vidyayeti (विद्ययेति) + hi (हि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yad (यद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | which |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| vidyayeti (विद्ययेति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | vidyayeta (विद्ययेत) |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
The phrases
yad (यद्) is which. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable.
vidyayeti (विद्ययेति) is vidyayeta (विद्ययेत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vidyayeti (विद्ययेति) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vidyayeti (विद्ययेति).