1.2.29
Brahma Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.29
साक्षादप्यविरोधं जैमिनिः
sākṣād apy avirodhaṃ jaiminiḥ
The line
Jaimini says there is no contradiction even if the word is taken directly.
नेपालीमा
जैमिनि भन्छन्, शब्दलाई सोझै लिए पनि विरोध हुँदैन।
Where it sits
vaiśvānaraḥ (वैश्वानरः) from 1.2.25 is the word Jaimini is placing. This is his view, not yet the final word of the sūtra-author (सूत्र-औथोर्). The later teachers in the next lines offer other ways to keep the belly-fire sentence.
Split: sākṣāt (साक्षात्) + api (अपि) + avirodham (अविरोधम्) + jaiminiḥ (जैमिनिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sākṣāt (साक्षात्) | indeclinable | directly, in the primary sense |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even |
| avirodham (अविरोधम्) | accusative singular, neuter | non-contradiction, the thesis that there is no conflict |
| jaiminiḥ (जैमिनिः) | nominative singular, masculine | Jaimini |
The phrases
Jaimini does not deny the result of the meditation. He says: even if vaiśvānara (वैश्वानर) is taken sākṣāt (साक्षात्), in its direct sense, as the fire in the belly, there is no conflict, because the meditation identifies that fire with the self just described.
avirodham is the content of his view, accusative of what he maintains, the verb of saying being understood. api means 'even on that direct reading'.
Sanskrit in this line
sākṣāt (साक्षात्) is an indeclinable ablative frozen in form. api before a vowel is apy. jaiminiḥ (जैमिनिः) keeps the visarga at the end of the line.
Say it back
Say Jaimini's concession in one sentence: the direct word may be the belly-fire, and the meditation still stands.
Next
1.2.30. Āśmarathya (आश्मरथ्य) says the word fits because Brahman (ब्रह्मन्) manifests in that form.