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- Read on →: yadyapi bahu nādhīṣe tathāpi paṭha putra vyākaraṇam
yadyapi bahu nādhīṣe tathāpi paṭha putra vyākaraṇam |
svajanaḥ śvajano mā bhūt sakala śakala sakṛc chakṛt ||
(Subhāṣita-ratna-bhāṇḍāgāra: Vaiyākaraṇa-praśaṁsā, 2)“Even if you do not study a lot, at least study vyākaraṇa [i.e., grammar], my son, lest svajana (a relative) be śvajana (a dog), sakala (a whole) be śakala (a part), and sakṛt (once) be śakṛt (excrement) [i.e., so that at least you do not pronounce svajana as śvajana, sakala as śakala, and sakṛt as śakṛt, or mistake one for the other].”
- Read on →: prathame hi vidvāṁso vaiyākaraṇāḥ vyākaraṇa-mūlatvāt sarva-vidyānām
prathame hi vidvāṁso vaiyākaraṇāḥ vyākaraṇa-mūlatvāt sarva-vidyānām |
(Dhvanyāloka of Ānanda-vardhana)“From the very first, the learned are vaiyākaraṇas (grammarians), since vyākaraṇa (grammar) is the basis of all knowledges.”
- Read on →: tad dvāram apavargasya vāṅ-malānāṁ cikitsitam
tad dvāram apavargasya vāṅ-malānāṁ cikitsitam |
pavitraṁ sarva-vidyānām adhividyaṁ prakāśate ||
(Bhartṛhari’s Vākya-padīya: 1.14)“This [i.e., vyākaraṇa] door to liberation, treatment for the impurities of speech, and purifier of all knowledges shines over [i.e., casts light on, all types of] knowledge.”
- Read on →: ekaḥ śabdaḥ samyag jñātaḥ śāstrānvitaḥ
ekaḥ śabdaḥ samyag jñātaḥ śāstrānvitaḥ |
suprayuktaḥ svarge loke kāmadhug bhavati ||
(Mahābhāṣya: 6.1.84; cited in Sāhitya-darpaṇa 1.2)“[Even] One word fully understood, in conformity to [grammatical] rule, and properly used, becomes a wish-fulfilling cow in Svarga and in this world.”
- Read on →: upāsanīyaṁ yatnena śāstraṁ vyākaraṇaṁ mahat
upāsanīyaṁ yatnena śāstraṁ vyākaraṇaṁ mahat |
pradīpa-bhūtaṁ sarvāsāṁ vidyānāṁ yad avasthitam ||
(Unknown Source)“The great śāstra of vyākaraṇa, which remains fixed as the lamp of all [other] vidyās, is to be studied with exertion.”
- Read on →: kāṇādaṁ pāṇinīyaṁ ca sarva-śāstropakārakam
kāṇādaṁ pāṇinīyaṁ ca sarva-śāstropakārakam |
(Unknown source)“The work of Kaṇāda [i.e., Vaiśeṣika-darśana, or, loosely, logic] and the work of Pāṇini [i.e., vyākaraṇa, or, loosely, grammar] are helpful in all śāstras [i.e., all fields of knowledge].”