4.2.1
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.1
वाङ्मनसि दर्शनाच् छब्दाच् च
vāṅmanasi darśanāc chabdāc ca
The line
In vāṅmanasa (वाङ्मनस), because of from seeing. darśanāt (दर्शनात्) before c, because of chabda (छब्द) and.
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: vāṅmanasi (वाङ्मनसि) + darśanāc (दर्शनाच्) + chabdāc (छब्दाच्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vāṅmanasi (वाङ्मनसि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | vāṅmanasa (वाङ्मनस) |
| darśanāc (दर्शनाच्) | ablative singular | from seeing. darśanāt (दर्शनात्) before c |
| chabdāc (छब्दाच्) | ablative singular | chabda (छब्द) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
vāṅmanasi (वाङ्मनसि) is vāṅmanasa (वाङ्मनस). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. darśanāc (दर्शनाच्) is from seeing. darśanāt (दर्शनात्) before c. It stands as ablative singular.
chabdāc (छब्दाच्) is chabda (छब्द). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vāṅmanasi (वाङ्मनसि) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vāṅmanasi (वाङ्मनसि) and darśanāc (दर्शनाच्).