10.1.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.1.22
गुणो वा स्यात् कपालवद् गुणभूतविकाराच् च
guṇo vā syāt kapālavad guṇabhūtavikārāc ca
The line
A quality or, it would be, let it be granted, kapālavad (कपालवद्), because of a compound: what stands as subordinate, and a transformation and.
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: guṇaḥ (गुणः) + vā (वा) + syāt (स्यात्) + kapālavad (कपालवद्) + guṇabhūta-vikārāt (गुणभूत-विकारात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇaḥ (गुणः) | nominative singular, masculine | a quality |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| kapālavad (कपालवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| guṇabhūta-vikārāt (गुणभूत-विकारात्) | ablative singular | a compound: what stands as subordinate, and a transformation. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
guṇaḥ (गुणः) is a quality. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it guṇo (गुणो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
kapālavad (कपालवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. guṇabhūta-vikārāt (गुणभूत-विकारात्) is a compound: what stands as subordinate, and a transformation. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it guṇabhūtavikārāc (गुणभूतविकाराच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
guṇabhūta-vikārāt (गुणभूत-विकारात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it guṇo (गुणो). The line writes it guṇabhūtavikārāc (गुणभूतविकाराच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇaḥ (गुणः) and syāt (स्यात्).