10.1.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.1.16
तथाज्यभागाग्निरपीति चेत्
tathājyabhāgāgnir apīti cet
The line
If you say that a compound: so, clarified butter, and bhāgāgna (भागाग्न) even, then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. liṅgadarśanāc (लिङ्गदर्शनाच्) from 10.1.15 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tathā-ājya-bhāgāgniḥ (तथा-आज्य-भागाग्निः) + api (अपि) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tathā-ājya-bhāgāgniḥ (तथा-आज्य-भागाग्निः) | nominative singular | a compound: so, clarified butter, and bhāgāgna (भागाग्न). Read it from the end |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
tathā-ājya-bhāgāgniḥ (तथा-आज्य-भागाग्निः) is a compound: so, clarified butter, and bhāgāgna (भागाग्न). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it tathājyabhāgāgnir (तथाज्यभागाग्निर्). api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as apīti (अपीति). cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
tathā-ājya-bhāgāgniḥ (तथा-आज्य-भागाग्निः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it tathājyabhāgāgnir (तथाज्यभागाग्निर्). The line joins them as apīti (अपीति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tathā-ājya-bhāgāgniḥ (तथा-आज्य-भागाग्निः).
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