4.2.3
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.3
तन्मनः प्राण उत्तरात्
tanmanaḥ prāṇa uttarāt
The line
tanmana (तन्मन), prāṇa (प्राण), because of the later.
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: tanmanaḥ (तन्मनः) + prāṇa (प्राण) + uttarāt (उत्तरात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tanmanaḥ (तन्मनः) | nominative singular, masculine | tanmana (तन्मन) |
| prāṇa (प्राण) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| uttarāt (उत्तरात्) | ablative singular | the later |
The phrases
tanmanaḥ (तन्मनः) is tanmana (तन्मन). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. prāṇa (प्राण) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
uttarāt (उत्तरात्) is the later. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tanmanaḥ (तन्मनः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tanmanaḥ (तन्मनः) and prāṇa (प्राण).
Next
4.2.4. He, that. saḥ (सः) before a voiced sound, in adhyakṣa (अध्यक्ष), for tadupagamāda (तदुपगमाद).