4.1.19
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.19
भोगेन त्वितरे क्षपयित्वाथ संपद्यते
bhogena tv itare kṣapayitvātha saṃpadyate
The line
By means of experience, the state of being that, in the other, kṣapayitvātha (क्षपयित्वाथ), in saṃpadyata (संपद्यत).
Where it sits
In Brahma Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. Phala. The result. The last line says there is no return. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: bhogena (भोगेन) + tva (त्व) + itare (इतरे) + kṣapayitvātha (क्षपयित्वाथ) + saṃpadyate (संपद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhogena (भोगेन) | instrumental singular | experience |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| itare (इतरे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | the other |
| kṣapayitvātha (क्षपयित्वाथ) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| saṃpadyate (संपद्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | saṃpadyata (संपद्यत) |
The phrases
bhogena (भोगेन) is experience. It stands as instrumental singular. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. itare (इतरे) is the other. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
kṣapayitvātha (क्षपयित्वाथ) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. saṃpadyate (संपद्यते) is saṃpadyata (संपद्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
kṣapayitvātha (क्षपयित्वाथ) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhogena (भोगेन) and tva (त्व).