10.3.47
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.47
भागित्वाद् वा गवां स्यात्
bhāgitvād vā gavāṃ syāt
The line
Because of bhāgitva (भागित्व) or, of gava (गव), 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: bhāgitvād (भागित्वाद्) + vā (वा) + gavāṃ (गवां) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhāgitvād (भागित्वाद्) | ablative singular | bhāgitva (भागित्व) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| gavāṃ (गवां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | gava (गव) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
bhāgitvād (भागित्वाद्) is bhāgitva (भागित्व). It stands as ablative singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
gavāṃ (गवां) is gava (गव). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bhāgitvād (भागित्वाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhāgitvād (भागित्वाद्) and gavāṃ (गवां).