4.4.8
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.4.8
संकल्पादेव तच्छ्रुतेः
saṃkalpād eva tacchruteḥ
The line
Because of saṃkalpa (संकल्प) just, of tacchruta (तच्छ्रुत).
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. apy (अप्य्) from 4.4.7 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: saṃkalpād (संकल्पाद्) + eva (एव) + tacchruteḥ (तच्छ्रुतेः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃkalpād (संकल्पाद्) | ablative singular | saṃkalpa (संकल्प) |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| tacchruteḥ (तच्छ्रुतेः) | genitive or ablative singular | tacchruta (तच्छ्रुत) |
The phrases
saṃkalpād (संकल्पाद्) is saṃkalpa (संकल्प). It stands as ablative singular. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable.
tacchruteḥ (तच्छ्रुतेः) is tacchruta (तच्छ्रुत). It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tacchruteḥ (तच्छ्रुतेः) is genitive or ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃkalpād (संकल्पाद्) and tacchruteḥ (तच्छ्रुतेः).
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4.4.9. Therefore, from this just, cānanyādhipata (चानन्याधिपत).