1.2.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.14
आकालिकेप्सा
ākālikepsā
The line
The desire is one that is not bound to the immediate time.
नेपालीमा
इच्छा तत्कालको समयमा बाँधिएको होइन।
Where it sits
Īpsā (ईप्सा) is the content of the sentence that 1.2.2 had set against the teaching. The praise-purpose from 1.2.7 still decides what the wish is for. The kāśa (काश) injunction is the command this sentence completes.
Split: ākālikā (आकालिका) + īpsā (ईप्सा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ākālikā (आकालिका) | nominative singular, feminine | not limited to the time in front of one |
| īpsā (ईप्सा) | nominative singular, feminine | a desire |
The phrases
The sentence 'who knows that?' was cited as conflicting with the teaching. It is the remainder of an injunction in which kāśa (काश) grasses are made to point toward the directions. The grasses mark the quarters of the sacrificial ground. The injunction expects the sentence.
The praise works by a fruit that can be seen, the ground laid out. The words that say the matter does not fit are figurative, because the fruit they speak of stands at a removed time. The desire the sentence carries is not a wish for something due at one present moment. It commends the act. It is not a timed gesture inserted between two offerings, and it is not a real doubt that cancels the teaching about the other world.
Sanskrit in this line
Ākālikepsā (आकालिकेप्सा) is ākālikā (आकालिका) plus īpsā (ईप्सा), ā (आ) plus ī (ई) becoming e. Ākālika (आकालिक) is not of one present kāla (काल).
Say it back
Gloss the wish as praise of a fruit that is not due on the spot, and say what the grasses are doing on the ground.