4.2.6
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.6
नैकस्मिन् दर्शयतो हि
naikasmin darśayato hi
The line
naikasmin (नैकस्मिन्), shows.
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. bhūteṣu (भूतेषु) from 4.2.5 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: naikasmin (नैकस्मिन्) + darśayataḥ (दर्शयतः) + hi (हि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| naikasmin (नैकस्मिन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| darśayataḥ (दर्शयतः) | nominative singular, masculine | shows |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
The phrases
naikasmin (नैकस्मिन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. darśayataḥ (दर्शयतः) is shows. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it darśayato (दर्शयतो).
hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
darśayataḥ (दर्शयतः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it darśayato (दर्शयतो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss naikasmin (नैकस्मिन्) and darśayataḥ (दर्शयतः).