10.1.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.1.23
अपि वा शेषभूतत्वात् तत्संस्कारः प्रतीयेत स्वाहाकारवदङ्गानामर्थसंयोगात्
api vā śeṣabhūtatvāt tatsaṃskāraḥ pratīyeta svāhākāravad aṅgānām arthasaṃyogāt
The line
Even or, because of a compound: the rest, what remains over, and being already there, a compound: that, and a compounded thing, would be understood, svāhākāravad (स्वाहाकारवद्), of a limb, a subsidiary part, because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, and conjunction.
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) + tat-saṃskāraḥ (तत्-संस्कारः) + pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) + svāhākāravad (स्वाहाकारवद्) + aṅgānām (अङ्गानाम्) + artha-saṃyogāt (अर्थ-संयोगात्)
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 |
| tat-saṃskāraḥ (तत्-संस्कारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: that, and a compounded thing. Read it from the end |
| pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) | optative, third person singular | would be understood |
| svāhākāravad (स्वाहाकारवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| aṅgānām (अङ्गानाम्) | genitive plural | a limb, a subsidiary part |
| artha-saṃyogāt (अर्थ-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
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. tat-saṃskāraḥ (तत्-संस्कारः) is a compound: that, and a compounded thing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) is would be understood. It stands as optative, third person singular. svāhākāravad (स्वाहाकारवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. aṅgānām (अङ्गानाम्) is a limb, a subsidiary part. It stands as genitive plural. artha-saṃyogāt (अर्थ-संयोगात्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative 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 tat-saṃskāraḥ (तत्-संस्कारः).