10.3.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.12
समत्वाच् च तदुत्पत्तेः संस्कारैरधिकारः स्यात्
samatvāc ca tadutpatteḥ saṃskārair adhikāraḥ syāt
The line
Because of because they are the same and, of tadutpatta (तदुत्पत्त), by means of a compounded thing, eligibility, 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: samatvāt (समत्वात्) + ca (च) + tadutpatteḥ (तदुत्पत्तेः) + saṃskāraiḥ (संस्कारैः) + adhikāraḥ (अधिकारः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| samatvāt (समत्वात्) | ablative singular | because they are the same |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tadutpatteḥ (तदुत्पत्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | tadutpatta (तदुत्पत्त) |
| saṃskāraiḥ (संस्कारैः) | instrumental plural | a compounded thing |
| adhikāraḥ (अधिकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | eligibility |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
samatvāt (समत्वात्) is because they are the same. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it samatvāc (समत्वाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. tadutpatteḥ (तदुत्पत्तेः) is tadutpatta (तदुत्पत्त). It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
saṃskāraiḥ (संस्कारैः) is a compounded thing. It stands as instrumental plural. The line writes it saṃskārair (संस्कारैर्). adhikāraḥ (अधिकारः) is eligibility. 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
tadutpatteḥ (तदुत्पत्तेः) is genitive or ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it samatvāc (समत्वाच्). The line writes it saṃskārair (संस्कारैर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss samatvāt (समत्वात्) and tadutpatteḥ (तदुत्पत्तेः).