1.2.26
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.26
स्मर्यमाणमनुमानं स्यादिति
smaryamāṇam anumānaṃ syād iti
The line
The objection is that the remembered belly-fire would be what is meant, and that it would be a mere inference.
नेपालीमा
आपत्ति यो हो कि सम्झिएको पेटको आगो नै भनिएको हुनेछ, र त्यो केवल अनुमान हुनेछ।
Where it sits
vaiśvānaraḥ (वैश्वानरः) from 1.2.25 is the word the objection reinterprets. No reply yet. Do not borrow the next line's na.
Split: smaryamāṇam (स्मर्यमाणम्) + anumānam (अनुमानम्) + syāt (स्यात्) + iti (इति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| smaryamāṇam (स्मर्यमाणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | what is remembered |
| anumānam (अनुमानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | an inference, what is merely inferred |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus, closing the objection |
The phrases
smṛti (स्मृति) remembers a fire in the belly that cooks food, and calls it vaiśvānara (वैश्वानर). The objector says that remembered fire is what the word means here. anumāna (अनुमान) is the status he gives it: something inferred from digestion, not the brahman (ब्रह्मन्) heard in scripture.
syāt (स्यात्) is potential, the objector's conclusion. iti closes his speech. The reply is the next line, not this one. This line is only the objection.
Sanskrit in this line
smaryamāṇa (स्मर्यमाण) is the present participle of smṛ (स्मृ), neuter nominative. syāt (स्यात्) is the optative of as. iti does not decline.
Say it back
State the objection and stop. The answer is the next line.