10.3.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.5
न चाङ्गविधिरनङ्गे स्यात्
na cāṅgavidhir anaṅge syāt
The line
Not cāṅgavidhir (चाङ्गविधिर्), in anaṅga (अनङ्ग), 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) + cāṅgavidhir (चाङ्गविधिर्) + anaṅge (अनङ्गे) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| cāṅgavidhir (चाङ्गविधिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| anaṅge (अनङ्गे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | anaṅga (अनङ्ग) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. cāṅgavidhir (चाङ्गविधिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
anaṅge (अनङ्गे) is anaṅga (अनङ्ग). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
cāṅgavidhir (चाङ्गविधिर्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss cāṅgavidhir (चाङ्गविधिर्) and anaṅge (अनङ्गे).