10.1.33
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.1.33
अभ्यासो वा प्रयाजवदेकदेशोऽन्यदेवत्यः
abhyāso vā prayājavad ekadeśo 'nyadevatyaḥ
The line
Practice or, prayājavad (प्रयाजवद्), one part, a compound: other, and devatya (देवत्य).
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: abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) + vā (वा) + prayājavad (प्रयाजवद्) + ekadeśo (एकदेशो) + anya-devatyaḥ (अन्य-देवत्यः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) | nominative singular, masculine | practice |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prayājavad (प्रयाजवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ekadeśo (एकदेशो) | nominative singular, masculine | one part |
| anya-devatyaḥ (अन्य-देवत्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: other, and devatya (देवत्य). Read it from the end |
The phrases
abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) is practice. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it abhyāso (अभ्यासो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. prayājavad (प्रयाजवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
ekadeśo (एकदेशो) is one part. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. anya-devatyaḥ (अन्य-देवत्यः) is a compound: other, and devatya (देवत्य). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Sanskrit in this line
anya-devatyaḥ (अन्य-देवत्यः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it abhyāso (अभ्यासो). The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) and prayājavad (प्रयाजवद्).