10.3.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.26
अपि वा प्रतिमन्त्रत्वात् प्राकृतानामहानिः स्यादन्यायश् च कृतेऽभ्यासः
api vā pratimantratvāt prākṛtānām ahāniḥ syād anyāyaś ca kṛte 'bhyāsaḥ
The line
Even or, because of a compound: toward, against, a mantra, and the state of being that, of belonging to the original, ahāna (अहान), it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, another, who, which and, in made, done, practice.
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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + prati-mantra-tvāt (प्रति-मन्त्र-त्वात्) + prākṛtānām (प्राकृतानाम्) + ahāniḥ (अहानिः) + syād (स्याद्) + anyā (अन्या) + yaḥ (यः) + ca (च) + kṛte (कृते) + abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prati-mantra-tvāt (प्रति-मन्त्र-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: toward, against, a mantra, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| prākṛtānām (प्राकृतानाम्) | genitive plural | belonging to the original |
| ahāniḥ (अहानिः) | nominative singular | ahāna (अहान) |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| anyā (अन्या) | nominative singular, feminine | another |
| yaḥ (यः) | nominative singular, masculine | who, which |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| kṛte (कृते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | made, done |
| abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) | nominative singular, masculine | practice |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. prati-mantra-tvāt (प्रति-मन्त्र-त्वात्) is a compound: toward, against, a mantra, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. prākṛtānām (प्राकृतानाम्) is belonging to the original. It stands as genitive plural. ahāniḥ (अहानिः) is ahāna (अहान). It stands as nominative singular. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular.
anyā (अन्या) is another. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. yaḥ (यः) is who, which. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as anyāyaś (अन्यायश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. kṛte (कृते) is made, done. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) is practice. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Sanskrit in this line
prati-mantra-tvāt (प्रति-मन्त्र-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as anyāyaś (अन्यायश्). The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prati-mantra-tvāt (प्रति-मन्त्र-त्वात्) and prākṛtānām (प्राकृतानाम्).