10.1.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.1.11
अपि वा शेषभूतत्वात् संस्कारः प्रतीयेत
api vā śeṣabhūtatvāt saṃskāraḥ pratīyeta
The line
Even or, because of a compound: the rest, what remains over, and being already there, a compounded thing, would be understood.
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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + śeṣa-bhūtatvāt (शेष-भूतत्वात्) + saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) + pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| śeṣa-bhūtatvāt (शेष-भूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the rest, what remains over, and being already there. Read it from the end |
| saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compounded thing |
| pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) | optative, third person singular | would be understood |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. śeṣa-bhūtatvāt (शेष-भूतत्वात्) is a compound: the rest, what remains over, and being already there. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) is a compounded thing. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) is would be understood. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śeṣa-bhūtatvāt (शेष-भूतत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śeṣa-bhūtatvāt (शेष-भूतत्वात्) and saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः).