4.2.11
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.11
अस्यैव चोपपत्तेरूष्मा
asyaiva copapatter ūṣmā
The line
Of of this just, copapatter (चोपपत्तेर्), ūṣma (ऊष्म).
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: asya (अस्य) + eva (एव) + copapatter (चोपपत्तेर्) + ūṣmā (ऊष्मा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| asya (अस्य) | genitive singular | of this |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| copapatter (चोपपत्तेर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ūṣmā (ऊष्मा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | ūṣma (ऊष्म) |
The phrases
asya (अस्य) is of this. It stands as genitive singular. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as asyaiva.
copapatter (चोपपत्तेर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ūṣmā (ऊष्मा) is ūṣma (ऊष्म). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
copapatter (चोपपत्तेर्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins it on as asyaiva.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss asya (अस्य) and copapatter (चोपपत्तेर्).