महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-11, verse-97
अभ्रमस्याऽप्रमत्तस्य यदङ्गीकरणं सकृत् ।
स्वीयार्थे तत्प्रमाणं स्याद्वचसो बहुसाक्षिणाम् ॥९७॥
स्वीयार्थे तत्प्रमाणं स्याद्वचसो बहुसाक्षिणाम् ॥९७॥
97. abhramasyā'pramattasya yadaṅgīkaraṇaṁ sakṛt ,
svīyārthe tatpramāṇaṁ syādvacaso bahusākṣiṇām.
svīyārthe tatpramāṇaṁ syādvacaso bahusākṣiṇām.
97.
apramattasya apramattasya yat aṅgīkaraṇaṃ sakṛt
sva-arthahe tat pramāṇaṃ syāt vacasaḥ bahu-sākṣiṇām
sva-arthahe tat pramāṇaṃ syāt vacasaḥ bahu-sākṣiṇām
97.
apramattasya sakṛt yat aṅgīkaraṇaṃ sva-arthahe
tat bahu-sākṣiṇām vacasaḥ pramāṇaṃ syāt
tat bahu-sākṣiṇām vacasaḥ pramāṇaṃ syāt
97. The deliberate and unhesitating admission made even once by an attentive person regarding their own case serves as valid proof, outweighing the testimony of many witnesses.
Words meanings summery:
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- अप्रमत्तस्य (apramattasya) - of the vigilant, of the attentive, of the careful
- अप्रमत्तस्य (apramattasya) - of the vigilant, of the attentive, of the careful
- यत् (yat) - which
- अङ्गीकरणं (aṅgīkaraṇaṁ) - admission, assent, agreement, acceptance
- सकृत् (sakṛt) - once, one time
- स्व-अर्थहे (sva-arthahe) - in one's own cause, in one's own matter
- तत् (tat) - that
- प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - proof, authority, standard
- स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be
- वचसः (vacasaḥ) - of the word, of the speech, of the testimony
- बहु-साक्षिणाम् (bahu-sākṣiṇām) - of many witnesses
Words meanings and morphology
अप्रमत्तस्य (apramattasya) - of the vigilant, of the attentive, of the careful
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of apramatta
apramatta - vigilant, attentive, careful, heedful
Past Passive Participle
from a + pramatta (pra + mad)
Prefixes: a+pra
Root: mad (class 4)
अप्रमत्तस्य (apramattasya) - of the vigilant, of the attentive, of the careful
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of apramatta
apramatta - vigilant, attentive, careful, heedful
Past Passive Participle
from a + pramatta (pra + mad)
Prefixes: a+pra
Root: mad (class 4)
Note: Second instance in the compound-like repetition in the line
यत् (yat) - which
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, that
अङ्गीकरणं (aṅgīkaraṇaṁ) - admission, assent, agreement, acceptance
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of aṅgīkaraṇa
aṅgīkaraṇa - assent, admission, acceptance, promise
from aṅgī-kṛ with aṇa
Root: kṛ (class 8)
सकृत् (sakṛt) - once, one time
(indeclinable)
स्व-अर्थहे (sva-arthahe) - in one's own cause, in one's own matter
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of sva-artha
sva-artha - one's own purpose, own benefit, own affair
tatpurusha compound of sva and artha
Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+artha)
- sva – one's own
adjective - artha – purpose, wealth, meaning, object
noun (masculine)
Note: Surface form represents a locative variant like sviyārthe
तत् (tat) - that
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
प्रमाणम् (pramāṇam) - proof, authority, standard
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa
pramāṇa - means of knowledge, proof, authority
from pra + mā with aṇa
Prefix: pra
Root: mā (class 3)
स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as
optative active
root as in potential mood
Root: as (class 2)
वचसः (vacasaḥ) - of the word, of the speech, of the testimony
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, singular of vacas
vacas - word, speech, statement
बहु-साक्षिणाम् (bahu-sākṣiṇām) - of many witnesses
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of bahu-sākṣin
bahu-sākṣin - many witnesses
karmadharaya or tatpurusha compound of bahu and sākṣin
Compound type : karmadharaya (bahu+sākṣin)
- bahu – much, many
adjective - sākṣin – witness
noun (masculine)