4.4.7

एवमप्युपन्यासात् पूर्वभावादविरोधं बादरायणः

evam apy upanyāsāt pūrvabhāvād avirodhaṃ bādarāyaṇaḥ

The line

Thus, also, even. api before a vowel, because of upanyāsa (उपन्यास), because of a compound: the earlier, and a state, absence of collision, Bādarāyaṇa (बादरायण).

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: evam (एवम्) + apy (अप्य्) + upanyāsāt (उपन्यासात्) + pūrva-bhāvāt (पूर्व-भावात्) + avirodhaṃ (अविरोधं) + bādarāyaṇaḥ (बादरायणः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

Word	Grammar	Sense
evam (एवम्)	indeclinable	in this way
apy (अप्य्)	indeclinable	also, even. api before a vowel
upanyāsāt (उपन्यासात्)	ablative singular	upanyāsa (उपन्यास)
pūrva-bhāvāt (पूर्व-भावात्)	ablative singular	a compound: the earlier, and a state. Read it from the end
avirodhaṃ (अविरोधं)	accusative singular, masculine	absence of collision
bādarāyaṇaḥ (बादरायणः)	nominative singular, masculine	Bādarāyaṇa (बादरायण)

The phrases

evam (एवम्) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. apy (अप्य्) is also, even. api before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. upanyāsāt (उपन्यासात्) is upanyāsa (उपन्यास). It stands as ablative singular.

pūrva-bhāvāt (पूर्व-भावात्) is a compound: the earlier, and a state. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pūrvabhāvād (पूर्वभावाद्). avirodhaṃ (अविरोधं) is absence of collision. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. bādarāyaṇaḥ (बादरायणः) is Bādarāyaṇa (बादरायण). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.

Sanskrit in this line

pūrva-bhāvāt (पूर्व-भावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pūrvabhāvād (पूर्वभावाद्).

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss apy (अप्य्) and upanyāsāt (उपन्यासात्).

4.4.8. Because of saṃkalpa (संकल्प) just, of tacchruta (तच्छ्रुत).