10.3.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.29
न चाविशेषाद् व्यपदेशः स्यात्
na cāviśeṣād vyapadeśaḥ syāt
The line
Not and, because of because there is no difference, a designation, 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: na (न) + ca (च) + aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) + vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) | ablative singular | because there is no difference |
| vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a designation |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) is because there is no difference. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as cāviśeṣād (चाविशेषाद्).
vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) is a designation. 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
vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as cāviśeṣād (चाविशेषाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) and vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः).