10.1.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.1.1
विधेः प्रकरणान्तरेऽतिदेशात् सर्वकर्म स्यात्
vidheḥ prakaraṇāntare 'tideśāt sarvakarma syāt
The line
Of an injunction, in a compound: the context, and a difference, an interval, because of transfer, a compound: all, and action, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: vidheḥ (विधेः) + prakaraṇa-antare (प्रकरण-अन्तरे) + atideśāt (अतिदेशात्) + sarva-karma (सर्व-कर्म) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidheḥ (विधेः) | genitive or ablative singular | an injunction |
| prakaraṇa-antare (प्रकरण-अन्तरे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: the context, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end |
| atideśāt (अतिदेशात्) | ablative singular | transfer |
| sarva-karma (सर्व-कर्म) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: all, and action. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
vidheḥ (विधेः) is an injunction. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. prakaraṇa-antare (प्रकरण-अन्तरे) is a compound: the context, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. atideśāt (अतिदेशात्) is transfer. It stands as ablative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
sarva-karma (सर्व-कर्म) is a compound: all, and action. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prakaraṇa-antare (प्रकरण-अन्तरे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vidheḥ (विधेः) and prakaraṇa-antare (प्रकरण-अन्तरे).