1.2.2
Nyāya Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.2
यथोक्तोपपन्नश् छलजातिनिग्रहस्थानसाधनोपालम्भो जल्पः
yathoktopapannaś chalajātinigrahasthānasādhanopālambho jalpaḥ
The line
Wrangling is debate as just described, when proving and attacking are also carried on by quibble, futile rejoinder, and points of defeat.
नेपालीमा
जल्प अघि भनिएजस्तै वाद हो, जसमा छल, जातिको उत्तर र निग्रहस्थानद्वारा पनि सिद्ध र खण्डन गरिन्छ।
Where it sits
jalpa from 1.1.1 is the word being defined. The marks of vāda (वाद) in 1.2.1 stay in force under yathokta. chala, jāti (जाति), and nigrahasthāna (निग्रहस्थान) from 1.1.1 are named again, still ahead of their definitions.
Split: yathā-ukta-upapannaḥ (यथा-उक्त-उपपन्नः) + chala-jāti-nigrahasthāna-sādhana-upālambhaḥ (छल-जाति-निग्रहस्थान-साधन-उपालम्भः) + jalpaḥ (जल्पः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yathā-ukta-upapannaḥ (यथा-उक्त-उपपन्नः) | nominative singular, masculine | furnished in the way already stated |
| chala-jāti-nigrahasthāna-sādhana-upālambhaḥ (छल-जाति-निग्रहस्थान-साधन-उपालम्भः) | nominative singular, masculine | proving and attacking by quibble, futile rejoinder, and points of defeat |
| jalpaḥ (जल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | wrangling |
The phrases
yathokta means 'as it was said' of vāda (वाद). The taking up of both sides, the five members, and the respect for tenets remain. jalpa is that debate with a further set of tools.
The further tools are chala, jāti (जाति), and nigrahasthāna (निग्रहस्थान). They are used on both sides of the work, sādhana (साधन) and upālambha (उपालम्भ), proving and attacking. The debater wants the win. The definitions of the three tools come later in this section and, for the varieties, in the fifth adhyāya (अध्याय). This line only names them as the extra equipment.
Sanskrit in this line
yathā (यथा) plus ukta is yathokta. upapannaḥ (उपपन्नः) before chala is recited upapannaś (उपपन्नश्). upālambhaḥ (उपालम्भः) before jalpa is recited upālambho (उपालम्भो). ukta is the past participle of vac.
Say it back
Say what jalpa adds to vāda (वाद), and what it keeps.
Next
1.2.3. Cavil is that wrangling without a counter-thesis of one's own.