1.1.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.1.27
वेदांश् चैके सन्निकर्षं पुरुषाख्याः
vedāṃś caike sannikarṣaṃ puruṣākhyāḥ
The line
And some assert a close connection of the Vedas with persons, because the Vedas are named after persons.
नेपालीमा
र कतिपयले वेदहरूको व्यक्तिसँग नजिकको सम्बन्ध मान्छन्, किनकि वेदहरू व्यक्तिको नामले चिनिन्छन्।
Where it sits
Sannikarṣa (सन्निकर्ष) from 1.1.26 is now a connection of the Veda with a man, which is a new use of the word. The authority of the injunction is what is at stake. Dharma's definition is not being replaced. It is being threatened.
Split: vedān (वेदान्) + ca (च) + eke (एके) + sannikarṣam (सन्निकर्षम्) + puruṣa-ākhyāḥ (पुरुष-आख्याः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vedān (वेदान्) | accusative plural, masculine | the Vedas |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| eke (एके) | nominative plural, masculine | some |
| sannikarṣam (सन्निकर्षम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a close connection, a tying to a maker |
| puruṣa-ākhyāḥ (पुरुष-आख्याः) | nominative plural, masculine | having a person's name, named after a man |
The phrases
Some think the Vedas were made. Their reason is the names. People say Kāṭhaka (काठक), the recension of Kaṭha (कठ), Kālāpaka (कालापक), Paippalādaka (पैप्पलादक). A recension of the Veda carries a man's name.
A name, they say, does not stick without a connection. The connection they supply is that the man made the words. If the Veda was made by a person, the injunctions collected in it were made by a person, and then the injunction would not be an independent mark of dharma (धर्म).
Sanskrit in this line
Vedāṃś (वेदांश्) caike is vedān (वेदान्) plus ca plus eke. N before c becomes the anusvāra (अनुस्वार), and ca is heard as śa (श). Puruṣākhyāḥ (पुरुषाख्याः) is a bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि), having a puruṣa (पुरुष) as one's ākhyā (आख्या), one's name. The nominative characterizes the Vedas. Vedān (वेदान्) is accusative as the thing being tied to a maker.
Say it back
Note the objection in plain words: a branch called Kāṭhaka (काठक) is being read as a book Kaṭha (कठ) composed.