Verse 1.51

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

शिक्ष्यते ज्ञायते साक्षाद् वर्णाद्युच्चारणं यया ।
स्याद्वा कर्मणि शिक्षेति व्याख्यास्यामोऽधुना तु ताम् ॥ ५१ ॥

śikṣyate jñāyate sākṣād varṇādyuccāraṇaṃ yayā |
syādvā karmaṇi śikṣeti vyākhyāsyāmo'dhunā tu tām || 51 ||

English translation of verse 1.51:

Śīkṣā is that science by which we learn directly the pronunciation of letters, etc. Or we may here explain it as the letters, etc., (which are treated of in that science).

Notes:

The word Śīkṣā may be interpreted in two ways. It means the science of phonetics dealing with the pronunciation of letters, etc. According to the second interpretation, it means the letters, etc., which are treated of in that science.