10.3.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.16
विध्यतिदेशात् तच्छ्रुतौ विकारः स्याद् गुणानामुपदेश्यत्वात्
vidhyatideśāt tacchrutau vikāraḥ syād guṇānām upadeśyatvāt
The line
Because of a compound: an injunction, and transfer, tacchruta (तच्छ्रुत), a transformation, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, of of the qualities, because of upadeśyatva (उपदेश्यत्व).
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: vidhi-atideśāt (विधि-अतिदेशात्) + tacchrutau (तच्छ्रुतौ) + vikāraḥ (विकारः) + syād (स्याद्) + guṇānām (गुणानाम्) + upadeśyatvāt (उपदेश्यत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidhi-atideśāt (विधि-अतिदेशात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an injunction, and transfer. Read it from the end |
| tacchrutau (तच्छ्रुतौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | tacchruta (तच्छ्रुत) |
| vikāraḥ (विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a transformation |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| guṇānām (गुणानाम्) | genitive plural | of the qualities |
| upadeśyatvāt (उपदेश्यत्वात्) | ablative singular | upadeśyatva (उपदेश्यत्व) |
The phrases
vidhi-atideśāt (विधि-अतिदेशात्) is a compound: an injunction, and transfer. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tacchrutau (तच्छ्रुतौ) is tacchruta (तच्छ्रुत). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. vikāraḥ (विकारः) is a transformation. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. guṇānām (गुणानाम्) is of the qualities. It stands as genitive plural. upadeśyatvāt (उपदेश्यत्वात्) is upadeśyatva (उपदेश्यत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vidhi-atideśāt (विधि-अतिदेशात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vidhi-atideśāt (विधि-अतिदेशात्) and tacchrutau (तच्छ्रुतौ).