10.2.40
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.40
न त्वेतत् प्रकृतित्वाद् विभक्तचोदितत्वाच् च
na tv etat prakṛtitvād vibhaktacoditatvāc ca
The line
Not the state of being that, this, because of a compound: nature, what is seen, and the state of being that, because of vibhaktacoditatva (विभक्तचोदितत्व) and.
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) + tva (त्व) + etat (एतत्) + prakṛti-tvāt (प्रकृति-त्वात्) + vibhaktacoditatvāc (विभक्तचोदितत्वाच्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| etat (एतत्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | this |
| prakṛti-tvāt (प्रकृति-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: nature, what is seen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| vibhaktacoditatvāc (विभक्तचोदितत्वाच्) | ablative singular | vibhaktacoditatva (विभक्तचोदितत्व) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. etat (एतत्) is this. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
prakṛti-tvāt (प्रकृति-त्वात्) is a compound: nature, what is seen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it prakṛtitvād (प्रकृतित्वाद्). vibhaktacoditatvāc (विभक्तचोदितत्वाच्) is vibhaktacoditatva (विभक्तचोदितत्व). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vibhaktacoditatvāc (विभक्तचोदितत्वाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it prakṛtitvād (प्रकृतित्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tva (त्व) and etat (एतत्).