Sutra 28
Devanagari script
एवमित्याख्यानम् ॥ कZ_०२.१०.२८ ॥
Transliteration
evam ity ākhyānam
Translation
“ऐसा ही है”—यह कहना ‘आख्यान’ (वक्तव्य/व्याख्या) है।
Word by Word
एवम्thus; in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
Formअव्यय; manner-adverb (‘thus/in this way’)
इति‘thus’; (marks the close of the statement)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
Formअव्यय; quotative particle marking end of cited words/thought
आख्यानम्the statement; the formulation/narration (of the rule)
आख्यानम्:
TypeNoun (verbal noun)
Rootआ-ख्या
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; क्तिन्/ल्युट्-प्रत्ययान्त भाववाचक/कर्मवाचक संज्ञा (‘telling, statement, narration’)
FAQs
Pṛcchā initiates oversight (“How is this?”); ākhyāna supplies the formal response (“It is so”), enabling recordable accountability.