10.3.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.39
द्रव्यविधिसन्निधौ सङ्ख्या तेषां गुणत्वात् स्यात्
dravyavidhisannidhau saṅkhyā teṣāṃ guṇatvāt syāt
The line
A compound: a substance, an injunction, and sannidha (सन्निध), saṅkhya (सङ्ख्य), of of them, because of a compound: a quality, and the state of being that, 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: dravya-vidhi-sannidhau (द्रव्य-विधि-सन्निधौ) + saṅkhyā (सङ्ख्या) + teṣāṃ (तेषां) + guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dravya-vidhi-sannidhau (द्रव्य-विधि-सन्निधौ) | nominative or accusative dual, masculine | a compound: a substance, an injunction, and sannidha (सन्निध). Read it from the end |
| saṅkhyā (सङ्ख्या) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | saṅkhya (सङ्ख्य) |
| teṣāṃ (तेषां) | genitive plural | of them |
| guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a quality, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
dravya-vidhi-sannidhau (द्रव्य-विधि-सन्निधौ) is a compound: a substance, an injunction, and sannidha (सन्निध). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, masculine. saṅkhyā (सङ्ख्या) is saṅkhya (सङ्ख्य). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. teṣāṃ (तेषां) is of them. It stands as genitive plural.
guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) is a compound: a quality, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dravya-vidhi-sannidhau (द्रव्य-विधि-सन्निधौ) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dravya-vidhi-sannidhau (द्रव्य-विधि-सन्निधौ) and saṅkhyā (सङ्ख्या).