10.2.38
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.38
न दक्षिणाशब्दात् तस्मान् नित्यानुवादः स्यात्
na dakṣiṇāśabdāt tasmān nityānuvādaḥ syāt
The line
Not because of a compound: the gift to the priests, and a word, therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before n, a compound: eternal, and a repetition, it would be, let it be granted.
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: na (न) + dakṣiṇā-śabdāt (दक्षिणा-शब्दात्) + tasmān (तस्मान्) + nitya-anuvādaḥ (नित्य-अनुवादः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| dakṣiṇā-śabdāt (दक्षिणा-शब्दात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the gift to the priests, and a word. Read it from the end |
| tasmān (तस्मान्) | indeclinable | therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before n |
| nitya-anuvādaḥ (नित्य-अनुवादः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: eternal, and a repetition. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. dakṣiṇā-śabdāt (दक्षिणा-शब्दात्) is a compound: the gift to the priests, and a word. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tasmān (तस्मान्) is therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before n. It stands as indeclinable.
nitya-anuvādaḥ (नित्य-अनुवादः) is a compound: eternal, and a repetition. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dakṣiṇā-śabdāt (दक्षिणा-शब्दात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dakṣiṇā-śabdāt (दक्षिणा-शब्दात्) and tasmān (तस्मान्).