1.2.25
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.25
विधौ च वाक्यभेदः स्यात्
vidhau ca vākyabhedaḥ syāt
The line
And if it is taken as an injunction, there would be a split of the sentence.
नेपालीमा
र यदि त्यसलाई विधि मानियो भने वाक्य फुट्छ।
Where it sits
Vākya (वाक्य) continues from vākyaśeṣa (वाक्यशेष) in 1.2.22 and ekavākya (एकवाक्य) in 1.2.7. Vidhau is the command reading. The udumbara sentence in its context is still the subject.
Split: vidhau (विधौ) + ca (च) + vākya-bhedaḥ (वाक्य-भेदः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidhau (विधौ) | locative singular, masculine | when it is taken as an injunction |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| vākya-bhedaḥ (वाक्य-भेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a split of the sentence |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular, active | there would be |
The phrases
If 'the post is udumbara' and 'for the securing of vigor' were both commands, one sentence would break into two. The post would be commended, and a separate result would be enjoined.
The line treats that split as the cost of the command reading. Sentences that sound like injunctions, when they are praise sentences, still have praise as their work.
Sanskrit in this line
Bheda is division. Vākyabheda (वाक्यभेद) is the fault of cutting one sentence into two statements. Vidhau is the locative of condition.
Say it back
Name the fault with the post: two commands would mean two sentences.
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