4.4.10
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.4.10
अभावं बादरिराह ह्येवम्
abhāvaṃ bādarir āha hy evam
The line
Absence, bādarir (बादरिर्), says, has said. Thus.
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: abhāvaṃ (अभावं) + bādarir (बादरिर्) + āha (आह) + hy (ह्य्) + evam (एवम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abhāvaṃ (अभावं) | accusative singular, masculine | absence |
| bādarir (बादरिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| āha (आह) | perfect, third person singular | says, has said |
| hy (ह्य्) | indeclinable | for, indeed. hi before a vowel |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | in this way |
The phrases
abhāvaṃ (अभावं) is absence. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. bādarir (बादरिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. āha (आह) is says, has said. It stands as perfect, third person singular.
hy (ह्य्) is for, indeed. hi before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. evam (एवम्) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
abhāvaṃ (अभावं) is accusative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss abhāvaṃ (अभावं) and bādarir (बादरिर्).
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