10.2.70
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.70
परेषां प्रतिषेधः स्यात्
pareṣāṃ pratiṣedhaḥ syāt
The line
Of pareṣa (परेष), a denial, 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: pareṣāṃ (परेषां) + pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pareṣāṃ (परेषां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | pareṣa (परेष) |
| pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) | nominative singular, masculine | a denial |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
pareṣāṃ (परेषां) is pareṣa (परेष). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) is a denial. 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
pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pareṣāṃ (परेषां) and pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः).