10.2.60
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.60
वचनं वा भागित्वात् प्राग्यथोक्तात्
vacanaṃ vā bhāgitvāt prāgyathoktāt
The line
A statement or, because of bhāgitva (भागित्व), because of prāgyathokta (प्राग्यथोक्त).
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) + bhāgitvāt (भागित्वात्) + prāgyathoktāt (प्राग्यथोक्तात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vacanaṃ (वचनं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a statement |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| bhāgitvāt (भागित्वात्) | ablative singular | bhāgitva (भागित्व) |
| prāgyathoktāt (प्राग्यथोक्तात्) | ablative singular | prāgyathokta (प्राग्यथोक्त) |
The phrases
vacanaṃ (वचनं) is a statement. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
bhāgitvāt (भागित्वात्) is bhāgitva (भागित्व). It stands as ablative singular. prāgyathoktāt (प्राग्यथोक्तात्) is prāgyathokta (प्राग्यथोक्त). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prāgyathoktāt (प्राग्यथोक्तात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vacanaṃ (वचनं) and bhāgitvāt (भागित्वात्).