10.3.67
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.67
अपि वा तदधिकाराद् धिरण्यवद् विकारः स्यात्
api vā tadadhikārād dhiraṇyavad vikāraḥ syāt
The line
Even or, because of tadadhikāra (तदधिकार), dhiraṇyavad (धिरण्यवद्), a transformation, 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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + tadadhikārād (तदधिकाराद्) + dhiraṇyavad (धिरण्यवद्) + vikāraḥ (विकारः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tadadhikārād (तदधिकाराद्) | ablative singular | tadadhikāra (तदधिकार) |
| dhiraṇyavad (धिरण्यवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vikāraḥ (विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a transformation |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. tadadhikārād (तदधिकाराद्) is tadadhikāra (तदधिकार). It stands as ablative singular.
dhiraṇyavad (धिरण्यवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vikāraḥ (विकारः) is a transformation. 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
tadadhikārād (तदधिकाराद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tadadhikārād (तदधिकाराद्) and dhiraṇyavad (धिरण्यवद्).
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