4.2.9
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.9
सूक्ष्मं प्रमाणतश् च तथोपलब्धेः
sūkṣmaṃ pramāṇataś ca tathopalabdheḥ
The line
sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म), a compound: a means, and taśa (तश) and, of tathopalabdha (तथोपलब्ध).
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: sūkṣmaṃ (सूक्ष्मं) + pramāṇa-taśa (प्रमाण-तश) + ca (च) + tathopalabdheḥ (तथोपलब्धेः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sūkṣmaṃ (सूक्ष्मं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) |
| pramāṇa-taśa (प्रमाण-तश) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a means, and taśa (तश). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tathopalabdheḥ (तथोपलब्धेः) | genitive or ablative singular | tathopalabdha (तथोपलब्ध) |
The phrases
sūkṣmaṃ (सूक्ष्मं) is sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. pramāṇa-taśa (प्रमाण-तश) is a compound: a means, and taśa (तश). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. tathopalabdheḥ (तथोपलब्धेः) is tathopalabdha (तथोपलब्ध). It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tathopalabdheḥ (तथोपलब्धेः) is genitive or ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sūkṣmaṃ (सूक्ष्मं) and pramāṇa-taśa (प्रमाण-तश).