10.1.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.1.2
अपि वाभिधानसंस्कारद्रव्यमर्थे क्रियेत तादर्थ्यात्
api vābhidhānasaṃskāradravyam arthe kriyeta tādarthyāt
The line
Even, a compound: or, a naming, a compounded thing, and a substance, in in the thing, in the meaning, would be done, because of because it is for that.
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-abhidhāna-saṃskāra-dravyam (वा-अभिधान-संस्कार-द्रव्यम्) + arthe (अर्थे) + kriyeta (क्रियेत) + tādarthyāt (तादर्थ्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā-abhidhāna-saṃskāra-dravyam (वा-अभिधान-संस्कार-द्रव्यम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: or, a naming, a compounded thing, and a substance. Read it from the end |
| arthe (अर्थे) | locative singular | in the thing, in the meaning |
| kriyeta (क्रियेत) | optative, third person singular | would be done |
| tādarthyāt (तादर्थ्यात्) | ablative singular | because it is for that |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā-abhidhāna-saṃskāra-dravyam (वा-अभिधान-संस्कार-द्रव्यम्) is a compound: or, a naming, a compounded thing, and a substance. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. arthe (अर्थे) is in the thing, in the meaning. It stands as locative singular.
kriyeta (क्रियेत) is would be done. It stands as optative, third person singular. tādarthyāt (तादर्थ्यात्) is because it is for that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vā-abhidhāna-saṃskāra-dravyam (वा-अभिधान-संस्कार-द्रव्यम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vā-abhidhāna-saṃskāra-dravyam (वा-अभिधान-संस्कार-द्रव्यम्) and arthe (अर्थे).
Next
10.1.3. Of of them, because of apratyakṣaviśiṣṭatva (अप्रत्यक्षविशिष्टत्व).