1.2.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.15
विद्याप्रशंसा
vidyāpraśaṃsā
The line
It is praise of the knowledge.
नेपालीमा
त्यो ज्ञानको प्रशंसा हो।
Where it sits
Praśaṃsā (प्रशंसा) is praise, kin to stuti in 1.2.7. This answers the fruitless sentence of 1.2.3. Vidyā (विद्या) is what is praised. The three-night and the Vedic formula are the injunctions the sentences complete.
Split: vidyā-praśaṃsā (विद्या-प्रशंसा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidyā-praśaṃsā (विद्या-प्रशंसा) | nominative singular, feminine | praise of the knowledge |
The phrases
His face shines, who knows thus. That sentence is the remainder of the injunction of the Garga three-night, because the injunction expects it. 'A horse is born in his offspring' is the remainder of the formula that accompanies the Veda.
Brightness of face and the horse are figurative, because they name qualities. Pupils look up at him, and the face is as if bright. In a family where study is heard of without a break, a capable son is born, and from gifts he gets food. The sentence praises the knowledge. It does not found a rite whose result is a shining face or a colt.
Sanskrit in this line
The compound is a tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष): praise whose object is vidyā (विद्या). One nominative, no finite verb.
Say it back
Say that the shining face praises knowing the three-night, and is not a result one checks in a mirror.