Tarka-Saṃgraha / 62. Vedic and worldly
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वाक्यं द्विविधम् वैदिकं लौकिकं च । वैदिकमीश्वरोक्तत्वात् सर्वमेव प्रमाणम् । लौकिकं त्वाप्तोक्तं प्रमाणम् । अन्यदप्रमाणम् vākyaṃ dvividham vaidikaṃ laukikaṃ ca | vaidikam īśvaroktatvāt sarvam eva pramāṇam | laukikaṃ tv āptoktaṃ pramāṇam | anyad apramāṇam
The line
A sentence is Vedic or worldly. A Vedic sentence, because it is spoken by the Lord, is in every case a means of knowing. A worldly sentence is a means of knowing when a trustworthy person spoke it. Any other is not.
नेपालीमा
वाक्य वैदिक वा लौकिक हुन्छ। वैदिक वाक्य ईश्वरले बोलेको हुनाले हरेक अवस्थामा जान्ने साधन हो, लौकिक वाक्य आप्त पुरुषले बोलेमा जान्ने साधन हो, र अरू होइन।
Where it sits
Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) 1.1.5 and the lines around it are where Jaimini's book takes up the authority of the word. Word keeps the two accounts apart. 63 names the knowing and the instrument in one line.
Split: vākyam (वाक्यम्) + dvividham (द्विविधम्) + vaidikam (वैदिकम्) + laukikam (लौकिकम्) + ca (च) + vaidikam (वैदिकम्) + īśvara-uktatvāt (ईश्वर-उक्तत्वात्) + sarvam (सर्वम्) + eva (एव) + pramāṇam (प्रमाणम्) + laukikam (लौकिकम्) + tu (तु) + āpta-uktam (आप्त-उक्तम्) + pramāṇam (प्रमाणम्) + anyat (अन्यत्) + apramāṇam (अप्रमाणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vaidikam (वैदिकम्) | nominative singular, neuter | Vedic. Belonging to the Veda. |
| laukikam (लौकिकम्) | nominative singular, neuter | Worldly. |
| īśvara-uktatvāt (ईश्वर-उक्तत्वात्) | ablative singular | Because of its being spoken by the Lord. |
| sarvam eva pramāṇam (सर्वमेव प्रमाणम्) | all of it is a means of knowing | Every Vedic sentence. |
| āpta-uktam (आप्त-उक्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | Spoken by a trustworthy person. A worldly sentence of that kind is a means of knowing. |
| anyat apramāṇam (अन्यतप्रमाणम्) | any other is not | A worldly sentence from someone who is not trustworthy. |
The phrases
The primer's reason for the Veda is that the Lord spoke it. That is Nyāya (न्याय)'s sentence.
Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा)'s sentence is that the Veda is authorless, and authoritative as such. The two reasons are different reasons. This paragraph states the first.
Sanskrit in this line
Īśvara (ईश्वर) plus uktatvāt (उक्तत्वात्) is īśvaroktatvāt (ईश्वरोक्तत्वात्).
Āpta (आप्त) plus uktam (उक्तम्) is āptoktam (आप्तोक्तम्).
Say it back
Say why, in this paragraph, every Vedic sentence is a means of knowing.