10.2.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.16
वचनं वा हिरण्यस्य प्रदानवदाज्यस्य गुणभूतत्वात्
vacanaṃ vā hiraṇyasya pradānavadājyasya guṇabhūtatvāt
The line
A statement or, of hiraṇya (हिरण्य), of pradānavadājya (प्रदानवदाज्य), because of because it stands as a subordinate.
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: vacanaṃ (वचनं) + vā (वा) + hiraṇyasya (हिरण्यस्य) + pradānavadājyasya (प्रदानवदाज्यस्य) + guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vacanaṃ (वचनं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a statement |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| hiraṇyasya (हिरण्यस्य) | genitive singular | hiraṇya (हिरण्य) |
| pradānavadājyasya (प्रदानवदाज्यस्य) | genitive singular | pradānavadājya (प्रदानवदाज्य) |
| guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it stands as a subordinate |
The phrases
vacanaṃ (वचनं) is a statement. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. hiraṇyasya (हिरण्यस्य) is hiraṇya (हिरण्य). It stands as genitive singular.
pradānavadājyasya (प्रदानवदाज्यस्य) is pradānavadājya (प्रदानवदाज्य). It stands as genitive singular. guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) is because it stands as a subordinate. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pradānavadājyasya (प्रदानवदाज्यस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vacanaṃ (वचनं) and hiraṇyasya (हिरण्यस्य).