10.2.72
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.72
अर्थाभावे संस्कारत्वं स्यात्
arthābhāve saṃskāratvaṃ syāt
The line
In a compound: a thing, a meaning, and absence, a compound: a compounded thing, and the state of being that, 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: artha-abhāve (अर्थ-अभावे) + saṃskāra-tvaṃ (संस्कार-त्वं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| artha-abhāve (अर्थ-अभावे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and absence. Read it from the end |
| saṃskāra-tvaṃ (संस्कार-त्वं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: a compounded thing, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
artha-abhāve (अर्थ-अभावे) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. saṃskāra-tvaṃ (संस्कार-त्वं) is a compound: a compounded thing, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃskāra-tvaṃ (संस्कार-त्वं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss artha-abhāve (अर्थ-अभावे) and saṃskāra-tvaṃ (संस्कार-त्वं).