10.1.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.1.4
इष्ठिरारम्भसंयोगादङ्गभूतान् निवर्तेतारमभस्य प्रधानसंयोगात्
iṣṭhir ārambhasaṃyogād aṅgabhūtān nivartetāramabhasya pradhānasaṃyogāt
The line
iṣṭhir (इष्ठिर्), because of a compound: a making by parts, and conjunction, a compound: a limb, a subsidiary part, and an element, of nivartetāramabha (निवर्तेतारमभ), because of a compound: the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), 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: iṣṭhir (इष्ठिर्) + ārambha-saṃyogāt (आरम्भ-संयोगात्) + aṅga-bhūtān (अङ्ग-भूतान्) + nivartetāramabhasya (निवर्तेतारमभस्य) + pradhāna-saṃyogāt (प्रधान-संयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| iṣṭhir (इष्ठिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ārambha-saṃyogāt (आरम्भ-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a making by parts, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| aṅga-bhūtān (अङ्ग-भूतान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: a limb, a subsidiary part, and an element. Read it from the end |
| nivartetāramabhasya (निवर्तेतारमभस्य) | genitive singular | nivartetāramabha (निवर्तेतारमभ) |
| pradhāna-saṃyogāt (प्रधान-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and conjunction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
iṣṭhir (इष्ठिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ārambha-saṃyogāt (आरम्भ-संयोगात्) is a compound: a making by parts, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it ārambhasaṃyogād (आरम्भसंयोगाद्). aṅga-bhūtān (अङ्ग-भूतान्) is a compound: a limb, a subsidiary part, and an element. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine.
nivartetāramabhasya (निवर्तेतारमभस्य) is nivartetāramabha (निवर्तेतारमभ). It stands as genitive singular. pradhāna-saṃyogāt (प्रधान-संयोगात्) is a compound: the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
nivartetāramabhasya (निवर्तेतारमभस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it ārambhasaṃyogād (आरम्भसंयोगाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss iṣṭhir (इष्ठिर्) and ārambha-saṃyogāt (आरम्भ-संयोगात्).