10.3.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.27
पौर्वापर्यञ्चाभ्यासे नोपपद्यते नैमित्तिकत्वात्
paurvāparyañcābhyāse nopapadyate naimittikatvāt
The line
In paurvāparyañcābhyāsa (पौर्वापर्यञ्चाभ्यास), does not fit, because of a compound: arising from a special cause, and the state of being that.
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: paurvāparyañcābhyāse (पौर्वापर्यञ्चाभ्यासे) + nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते) + naimittika-tvāt (नैमित्तिक-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| paurvāparyañcābhyāse (पौर्वापर्यञ्चाभ्यासे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | paurvāparyañcābhyāsa (पौर्वापर्यञ्चाभ्यास) |
| nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते) | present, third person singular | does not fit |
| naimittika-tvāt (नैमित्तिक-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: arising from a special cause, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
paurvāparyañcābhyāse (पौर्वापर्यञ्चाभ्यासे) is paurvāparyañcābhyāsa (पौर्वापर्यञ्चाभ्यास). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते) is does not fit. It stands as present, third person singular.
naimittika-tvāt (नैमित्तिक-त्वात्) is a compound: arising from a special cause, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
paurvāparyañcābhyāse (पौर्वापर्यञ्चाभ्यासे) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss paurvāparyañcābhyāse (पौर्वापर्यञ्चाभ्यासे) and nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते).