10.2.41
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.41
तेषां तु वचनाद् द्वियज्ञवत्सहप्रयोगः स्यात्
teṣāṃ tu vacanād dviyajñavatsahaprayogaḥ syāt
The line
Of of them but, because of because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound, a compound: two, a sacrifice, possessing, with, and a performance, 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: teṣāṃ (तेषां) + tu (तु) + vacanād (वचनाद्) + dvi-yajña-vat-saha-prayogaḥ (द्वि-यज्ञ-वत्-सह-प्रयोगः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| teṣāṃ (तेषां) | genitive plural | of them |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vacanād (वचनाद्) | ablative singular | because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound |
| dvi-yajña-vat-saha-prayogaḥ (द्वि-यज्ञ-वत्-सह-प्रयोगः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: two, a sacrifice, possessing, with, and a performance. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
teṣāṃ (तेषां) is of them. It stands as genitive plural. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. vacanād (वचनाद्) is because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as ablative singular.
dvi-yajña-vat-saha-prayogaḥ (द्वि-यज्ञ-वत्-सह-प्रयोगः) is a compound: two, a sacrifice, possessing, with, and a performance. 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
dvi-yajña-vat-saha-prayogaḥ (द्वि-यज्ञ-वत्-सह-प्रयोगः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss teṣāṃ (तेषां) and vacanād (वचनाद्).