1.1.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.1.26
लोके सन्नियमात् प्रयोगसन्निकर्षः स्यात्
loke sanniyamāt prayogasannikarṣaḥ syāt
The line
In the world, because the association is fixed by seeing the thing, the usage would connect with the meaning.
नेपालीमा
लोकमा चीज देखेर सम्बन्ध अड्ने भएकाले प्रयोग अर्थसँग जोडिनेछ।
Where it sits
The sentence has just been allowed to mean through its words. Loka is the ordinary case that shows how a sentence-meaning is fixed. Prayoga here is usage, the employment of the words, not yet the performance of a rite.
Split: loke (लोके) + sanniyamāt (सन्नियमात्) + prayoga-sannikarṣaḥ (प्रयोग-सन्निकर्षः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| loke (लोके) | locative singular, masculine | in the world, in ordinary life |
| sanniyamāt (सन्नियमात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because of a fixed association |
| prayoga-sannikarṣaḥ (प्रयोग-सन्निकर्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | a close connection of the usage with the meaning |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular, active | there would be, it comes about |
The phrases
In ordinary life one sees the thing and so can fix what the sentence is about. A verse about dark water-lilies is tied to what the hearer can observe. That fixing is available in the world.
The Vedic sentence is understood from the same words. Once the word-meanings are known, the usage comes up against the meaning they compose. One does not need a separate, made meaning for the collection. 'One who desires heaven should offer the agnihotra' is understood from those words: heaven comes from that offering.
Sanskrit in this line
Sanniyama is a fixed association. Sannikarṣa (सन्निकर्ष) is proximity, the usage meeting the meaning. The ablative is the reason, the nominative is the result.
Say it back
Say how an ordinary sentence gets its meaning: the words, and a thing one can fix.