Tarka-Saṃgraha / 50. The similar case
50
निश्चितसाध्यवान् सपक्षः ।
यथा तत्रैव महानसः niścitasādhyavān sapakṣaḥ |
yathā tatraiva mahānasaḥ
The line
The similar case is what has the thing-to-be-proved as already settled, as the kitchen is in that same argument.
नेपालीमा
सपक्ष त्यो हो जसमा साध्य पहिले नै सिद्ध छ, जस्तै त्यही युक्तिमा भान्सा।
Where it sits
The dissimilar case is 51.
Split: niścita-sādhyavān (निश्चित-साध्यवान्) + sapakṣaḥ (सपक्षः) + yathā (यथा) + tatra eva (तत्र एव) + mahānasaḥ (महानसः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| niścita-sādhyavān (निश्चित-साध्यवान्) | nominative singular, masculine | Possessing the thing-to-be-proved as already settled. |
| sapakṣaḥ (सपक्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | The similar case. A side-subject, one that agrees. |
| tatra eva (तत्र एव) | right there | In that same argument. |
| mahānasaḥ (महानसः) | nominative singular, masculine | The kitchen. Fire there is not in doubt. |
The phrases
The kitchen is where the pervasion was learned, because both smoke and fire are settled.
Sanskrit in this line
Sa (स) plus pakṣa (पक्ष) is sapakṣa (सपक्ष), the subject that goes with the thing to be proved.
Say it back
Say what is settled in the kitchen.